Fretboard Journal 71: David Grier

Published: Feb. 28, 2014, 12:03 a.m.

Nashville flatpicker David Grier is no stranger to our magazine, he was the cover story of our 16th issue. In this hour-long interview, part of our new Fretboard Journal Live video series, the acoustic guitarists talks about his unique background (his dad played banjo for Bill Monroe), some of the fateful encounters he had with Clarence White as a boy and how he\u2019s developed the phenomenal technique he has today.

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Grier\u2019s playing, as always, is otherworldly. He plays a few tunes in this podcast, including \u201cKing Wilkie\u2019s Run\u201d and \u201cRed Haired Boy.\u201d Grier is playing a guitar built for him by Bellingham, Washington builder Dake Traphagen.

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Podcast duration: 1:05.

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