Well, I'd like to hear from anybody who claims to have heard ALL the pickers on the Mudcat!!!

Who knows what wonderful musicians are lurking behind those screen names? There's some incredible talent in this place and almost as many kinds of musical talent as there are members. F'r instance, Roger in Baltimore plays well, but the thing that makes his music such a treat is the way his singing and picking and whole self express the blues. Wonderful music, wonderful playing but I don't think of it (maybe I'm wrong, Roger ... ) as wonderful "picking."

I just picked on RiB at random, you should excuse the pun. Don't know all the other pickers but have heard lots of damn good ones.

Umm, It occurs to me that "GUEST, w.g.o.l.a.d.a.s." has actually offered up a pretty good bullsh*t topic (so much for the obscenity police); who do you know of on here who's a really good picker? Or player, for that matter? I.e., you can play really well and still not be a showy picker. Have to agree, Rick Fielding is pretty incredible.