sale ($19.95) Meet one of Nashville's true guitar stars as Johnny Hiland takes you through some key aspects of country playing. As well as chicken pickin', he covers double-stops, pedal steel licks, pick-and-finger hybrid picking, banjo rolls and lots more. He's also joined by Roth, Bill Holloman, and Shannon Ford for some truly memorable band segments. "I think Johnny Hyland is the most versatile guitar player I've ever heard. From Bill Monroe to Eddie Van Halen, he can play it all." - RICKY SKAGGS (19.95) If you tried, you couldn't make up a story this good: legally blind kid grows up in a trailer home in rural Maine. A guitar prodigy, he tours with the family band starting at age 8, wins local and regional competitions, moves to Nashville, ends up dropping jaws all over town, doing sessions with Ricky Skaggs, Toby Keith, Randy Travis, Janie Fricke and many more, and gets signed by Steve Vai when his manager leaves a demo snippet on Steve's voicemail box. So, it's true that you could never make up a story as good as Johnny Hyland's - nobody would believe you. And perhaps, more important, you could never make up a person as kind, warm-hearted, determined and talented as Johnny Highland. Johnny Hiland Chicken Pickin' ($19.95 + $3 S&H in the US). |