Various Artists – The Best Of Country Guitar, Volume One – Flying Fingers

Even before reliable amplification made it possible for the guitar to compete in volume with other musical instruments in a band, it had become a key element in the Country music sound. The very fact that Jimmie Rodgers, dubbed the 'Father Of Country Music', self-accompanied himself on guitar ensured that it was this instrument above all others which would dominate the music, even into the 21st Century.

Track Listing

1. JOE MAPHIS - FLYING FINGERS
2. JIMMIE SAUL & His Prairie Drifters - FIRECRACKER STOMP
3. LES PAUL & His Trio - STEEL GUITAR RAG
4. JIMMY BRYANT - RED HEADED POLKA
5. SPEEDY WEST & JIMMY BRYANT - HUB CAP ROLL
6. TEXAS JIM LEWIS & His Lone Star Cowboys - THE WILD GUITAR
7. CECIL CAMPBELL & His Tennessee Ramblers - TAR HEEL RAG
8. HANK GARLAND & His Sugar Footers - GUITAR SHUFFLE
9. HANK SNOW - WABASH BLUES
10. CHET ATKINS - MAIN STREET BREAKDOWN
11. JIMMY BRYANT - BRYANT'S BOOGIE
12. ARTHUR "Guitar Boogie" SMITH - SOUTH
13. MERLE TRAVIS - GUITAR RAG
14. MERLE TRAVIS - MERLE'S BOOGIE WOOGIE
15. SHEB WOOLEY & His Caumet Indians - BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ
16. BIG JIM DeNOONE - E RAMBLE
17. MERLE TRAVIS & Porky Freeman Trio - BOOGIE WOOGIE BOY
18. CHET ATKINS w. Homer & Jethro - BARBER SHOP RAG
19. GRADY MARTIN - SLEWFOOT RAG
20. CLIFFIE STONE BAND feat. PORKY FREEMAN - SPANISH BELLS
21. ARTHUR "Guitar Boogie" SMITH - BLUE BOOGIE
22. HANK GARLAND & His Sugar Footers - SUGARFOOT RAG