[tcsned]

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:

[tcsned]

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

[Lephty]

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

[tcsned]

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

[hippieguy1954]

Nice! Thanks for posting

[tcsned]

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.

[Arafel]

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.

[aiq]

Congrats to him, that is an elite group.

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

[Lephty]

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.

[tcsned]

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

[Arafel]

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

[shadowboxer]

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.