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Great Acoustics: Earl Scruggs’ Iconic 1955 Martin D-18

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By Greg Olwell, Stephanie Powell, Adam Perlmutter 
| Acoustic Guitar
Though Earl Scruggs revolutionized the banjo and became its most influential and recognizable player, he was also an exceptional fingerstyle guitarist. With his longtime partner Lester Flatt, Scruggs often reached for this 1955 Martin D-18, which he used from the late 1950s onward, typically capoed high up the neck, and kept until his death in 2012. Earl Scruggs (left) and Lester Flatt in 1949 Scruggs bought the guitar from country star Don Gibson in 1957 (some sources say 1958).
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How to Play the Kinks’ Swingy, Snarky Hit “Sunny Afternoon”

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By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers , Adam Perlmutter , Alan Barnosky
| Acoustic Guitar
Like many Ray Davies songs, “Sunny Afternoon,” the Kinks’ hit released in 1966 on Face to Face, isn’t quite what it seems on the surface. Over bouncy, cheerful music, Davies sings in the voice of a rich man loafing in the sun while complaining about taxes, the loss of his yacht, and the girlfriend who fled his drunken cruelty. Musically, the song’s highlight is its descending bass line, heard in the intro and the end of the chorus.
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Watch Christopher “Isto” White Perform His Arrangement of “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love”

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By Joey Lusterman, Barry Wahrhaftig, Adam Perlmutter 
| Acoustic Guitar
Christopher “Isto” White performs his arrangement of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre during the release party for Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook. Isto’s new book features 23 fingerstyle guitar arrangements of beloved standards and overlooked gems from the Great American Songbook. So what is the Great American Songbook?
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