Ian - just read your original reference to this style in the "Why folk clubs are dying" thread. Glad to hear it wasn't me you were referring to. Far from being a young performer at your session, I was probably the oldest there - hurray!

It's interesting that over here in the UK, we refer to quasi-Travis style picking as a "clawhammer" - which is really not what this style is. I may be wrong, but I would have thought true clawhammer was really the guitar style of Maybelle Carter. Experts will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong...