EDDIE PENNINGTON: Walks the Strings and Even Sings

Kentucky-born Eddie Pennington echoes the sound of his mentor Mose Rager and parallels that of Chet Atkins, a fellow disciple of the all-American Kentucky thumbpicking known as Travis-style guitar, made famous by Merle Travis. In between dazzling displays of skill on favorite show-off tunes like "John’s Smoke Turns Blue" and "Over the Rainbow," the former Hazard County coroner unleashes his irrepressible tongue-in-cheek humor on tracks such as "Fertile Liza," "The Pig Got Up," and "Information Please." Pennington toured nationally as a member of the "Masters of the Steel String Guitar," showcased at the Kennedy Center and the Barns of Wolf Trap, and received the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of his extraordinary artistry.

 1 Walking the Strings
2 Moses Blues
3 Wabash Cannonball
4 Information, Please
5 Johns Smoke Turns Blue
6 Home
7 Nine Pound Hammer
8 Pig Ankle Rag
9 Raindrops
10 Fertile Liza
11 Stealing Time
12 Sweet Georgia Brown
13 The Pig Got Up
14 Stones Rag
15 Bye, Bye Blues
16 So Round, So Firm
17 The Panic Is on
18 Bluebell
19 Duncan and Brady
20 Over the Rainbow