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Date this web site was last edited:  05/13/2008

 

 

Our Club Heroes

Chester B. Atkins
June 20, 1924 - 
June 30, 2001

Merle Travis
November 29, 1917 - 
October 20, 1983

Jerry Reed
1937 - still kickin'

We are dedicated to enjoying and preserving the thumb picking finger style guitar music of Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, and Jerry Reed in and around Ohio."

"If we don't promote and support thumb-picking and finger style guitar - it will surely die with us."

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HEY, YOU OLD DUDES!  Did you know that you can ENLARGE the print on most browsers by simply holding the Control (ctrl) key down and pressing "+" (upper right hand corner of your keyboard?)  And, of course, you shrink it back to normal size (or, below) by Control "-".  Yea, that's it!

Richard Vogh advises that we can also do this enlarging and reducing by holding the Control key down and rolling the roller on your mouse (if you happen to have one...) 

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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Will be our Guest Picker at our May 24th Pickin' Party.  

Don't miss this one!!!!

Seating is limited - and, going fast!

(more info)

The Chet Atkins Appreciation Society finally has it's own web site - check it out!!  CAAS Web Site
A few of us attended the 2008 Mose Rager Day in Drakesboro, KY this past weekend (4/12/08).  Small gathering, but lots of fun.  (picture of pickers)
We're back to pickin' and grinnin' at our weekly Club Jam at Scottie MacBeans Coffee House EVERY TUESDAY - 7 til 10..  
We've finally put another CD on our "New Guitar Album Releases & Reviews" page - Andy Brown Trio & Solo
New pics added to Pictures of Our Stars page - Chet with Elvis....
We sold out of the initial batch of the DVDs of the Kenny Poole Concert this past Jan 21st.  But, we have just received another batch.   Check out the details  ("the deep end of the poole")
Don't forget to check in with our "Other Entertainment" section for suggestions as to what to do around Ohio.
A bunch of us meet almost every night in the Texas Fingerstyle Internet Chat Room and play our guitars to each other.  It's a lot of fun - drop in...

A nice '62 Gretsch Country Gentleman has been added to our "For Sale" page.. (click to see)

Our resident cartoonist OFGC club member, Dan Collins, took up the pen at last Saturday's Pickin' Party and drew up several new faces for his Caricatures By Collins page.  (Check them out.)
Bob Cox & Friends is a new Music & Arts Series at Richland Academy in Mansfield, OH the second Wednesday of each month.  Check it out in his Newsletter.  (latest email) (website)
A "little gem."   Quite a few years back our good buddy, Bill Arthur, hosted a barn dance out in Plain City, OH every weekend - until he sold in 1996.  However, here's an audio clip of a commercial for the barn that Bill wrote and sang.  Turns out that our Tuesday Night Club Jam regular, Tom Mathys, is playing the thumb style lead behind him...  (take a listen)
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Funky Junk - For great deals and quick delivery of CDs, Books, Tapes, Videos, etc. on-line - click on our club sponsor to the left.  Make sure you tell them that you saw their ad on your club's website

Mean MacBeans, 660 High Street, Worthington, OH - the best brewed and bulk coffees in Ohio.  Also, a great promoter of local guitar music.   

Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine is all about celebrating finger style guitar.  Great articles, instructional tab, and an accompanying CD.  Our sport's best rag.

Fred Kelly makes some of the best thumb picks in the music business.  Give 'em a try.

Homespun Videos has lot's of great educational videos and DVDs.  All instruments, however the owner, Happy Traum, is a great guitarist and a pioneer in the "training on tape" industry, and he has some great thumb picking videos out.

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This web site was thrown together with FrontPage 2000 - and though it's better than nothing - it's still very frustrating gittin' it to do what I want it to do, sometimes......  I should be spending this time pickin'....  Web Hacker & Club Organizer - Palmer Moore Say Hello

The caricature above was drawn by professional cartoonist, guitarist and avid OFGC club member since our inception - Dan Collins.  

Caricatures by Collins

"Honey, this would be a good time to tell you about my Kirk Sand purchase."