1979 Roy Bookbinder - Traveling Country Bluesman

"Sporting dapper clothes, a wide-brim hat, old fashioned rimless glasses, and a mustache thick enough to hide half a toothpick, Roy Bookbinder seems an unlikely candidate for a country blues performer. But just give him an old steel-string acoustic guitar and a place to play, and he'll take you back to the days when performers like Blind Willie McTell, Bessie Smith, Willie Brown, and Blind Boy Fuller were nightly rolling their lives and music together, calling it the blues..."

Photos shown:

- Roy Bookbinder (R) with Doc Watson.
- Roy Bookbinder with Ray Charles.

1979 Roy Bookbinder - Traveling Country Bluesman 6-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 The Fiery Art of Flatpicking - Tips, technique, super solos

The Fiery Art of Flatpicking - Tips, technique, super solos; Roots of Flatpicking, Pick vs. Fingers - Doc Watson & Merle Watson size up the way flatpicking compares with fingerpicking; Solos with plectrum power - landmark licks; Flatpicking basics; Picking with taste; A Panorama of picks; How your hand becomes your voice; Sizzle on the strings -leading flatpickers reveal the six factors that go into high-speed picking; World premiere for pickers - Dan Crary "Blossoms In The Snow"; more

1985 June Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Doc Watson - Spirit of American Steel-String

Doc Watson - The Life and Times of Arthel Watson; Inside Doc Watson's Music; Musical tools for the blind; Close up - Todd Phillips; Step-by-step rosettes; So you want to buy a banjo; Workshops: Margie & Greg Mirken - Perfect Pitch; Jorge Strunz - High Speed Scales; Dan Crary - "Wildwood Flower"; George Gruhn - mahogany or rosewood -is there really a difference; Tommy Flint - "crosspicking is velocity without trauma; Byron Berline - tips for beginning fiddlers; Review: Heritage H-50 Mandolin; more

1987 March Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1998 Flatpicking Guitar - Doc Watson

Features: Doc Watson; Jim Nunally; Webber Guitars; Craig Vance; Molly Mason; Jeff Autry; Music Transcription / TAB: Texas Gales, Cripple Creek Solo for beginners; Darlin' Boy Solo, Sally Goodin, Keep a Light on in the Window, Dixie Hoedown, Nashville Blues, Take Me Back to Tulsa, Way Down Town, Santa Fe Railroad Line, Belfast, Saturday Night Ramble, Beaumont Rag; more

1998 September/October Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1978 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine - Doc Watson

Contents: Doc Watson; The Katie Laur Band; 5-String Banjo Tablature - Camptown Races; Mitch Jayne - "That Doesn't Matter because..."; Curtis McPeake - Bluegrass Banjo with Brass; more

1978 January Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1972 Doc Watson - Bluegrass Guitar King

Contents: Doc Watson - on bluegrass guitar; Alembic - making Jack Casady bass; Steve Katz - Blood, Sweat & Tears guitarist; Arhoolie - Unique folk and blues label; Don McLean - exclusive interview; Acoustic or Electric - the trends; more

1972 July/August Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com