nope - this guy was from the south - Georgia or the Carolinas in the radio
interview
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:30:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
< Interesting story I heard on NPR about an amazing acoustic guitarist -
<unfortunately, I can't remember his name. The story goes that as a
<youngster, he was taken by a guitar recording (maybe on a 45 record) and
it
<inspired him to learn it off the record, even though it sounded very
<complicated. Well, he eventually worked it out and it was a basis for his
<techniques. It was later that he learned that, on the original record, it
<was actually TWO guitar players playing. Since he didn't know this at
first,
<he didn't realize that it was impossible to play what two guitar players
<played on one guitar, therefore, he figured out a way to do it - in
essence,
<doing the impossible, because no one told him it was....
The guitarist is Boston-based Guy van Duser--he told me this story once
upon a time. The record he copied was by Les Paul, and it wasn't two
guitarists playing, it was Les with an echo. Van Duser thought Les was
double-picking, and that's the way he learned it.
Regards, Richard Hunter