Billed as THE THREE PICKERS, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, and Ricky Skaggs, backed up by Kentucky Thunder and Alison Krause appeared on Maryland Public Television last night.

If it is yet to play in your area don't miss it. They played to a Winston-Salem, North Carolina audience that knows its Old Time and Bluesgrass and Folk music, and the crowd spent nearly as much time on it's feet as it did sitting down.

The music was simply tremendous. Doc's old cutaway Gallagher "rang like a bell", on Foggy Mountain Top, John Hardy and many others. Earl's banjo was fast, clean, and had his characteristic excellent timing. Ricky Skaggs mandolin was quite good, but his high tenor harmony had that quintessential high lonesome sound, soaring and sweetly raising the hair on the back of your neck.

Whoever the Dobro player was he was just incredibly clean and tasteful, the perfect fill at the perfect time.

It was very gratifying to see the Mighty Doc take center stage in that company, and lift them up above divisions, genres and distinctions.

Great show.   cheers, Chance