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My buddy, Scott Fore won his second National Flatpicking championship yesterday. He beat out 3 time winner Steve Kaufman. We played in a gypsy jazz group together for a few years and he's opened/sat-in with my Dead band a number of times. He's a badass electric country picker too. I don't know what tune he played or what guitar he won yet.

Here's a couple of videos of Scott in action:
This is the tune he played when he won in 2002 and the guitar he won:

He's also the national sales rep for Bourgeois guitars:

Very nice stuff...love me some good flatpickin'. My friend Tyler Grant won in Winfield a few years ago. Pretty sure this is one of the pieces he played when he won it

Nice! He can really pick! The mandolin player in my bluegrass band finished 2nd and 3rd back in the late 70s.

Nice! Thanks for posting

Scott is a super nice guy and deserves the recognition. He's also a great repair guy. My Wolf had a buzz coming from the saddle of the high E string. He fixed it and charged me having to play a couple of tunes and showing me a couple of cool double and triple string bend techniques. Oh, and he made me try out a really nice Klon Centaur clone made by Bourgeois' repair guy.

Lephty wrote:Very nice stuff...love me some good flatpickin'. My friend Tyler Grant won in Winfield a few years ago.

I love Tyler. Met him a few times at RockyGrass. He's a great player.

Congrats to him, that is an elite group.

Took a few cassette lessons from John McCann, a former winner.

Arafel wrote:

Lephty wrote:Very nice stuff...love me some good flatpickin'. My friend Tyler Grant won in Winfield a few years ago.

I love Tyler. Met him a few times at RockyGrass. He's a great player.

Yep, great guy, great teacher too. I heard he was in the top 5 at Winfield again this year too.

Here's a video of a gig we did together for a local PBS TV show about 8 years ago

Here's some Tyler Grant Dead-related content. A gig he did recently called Grantful Dead. Really good stuff, with Tyler playing electric

Arafel wrote:Here's some Tyler Grant Dead-related content. A gig he did recently called Grantful Dead. Really good stuff, with Tyler playing electric

Thanks for this.