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Radio Guitar - All Instrumental Online Radio

A couple of local folks have created a nice online radio station, just called Radio Guitar, which plays mostly acoustic, all instrumental tunes. I enjoyed listening to John Renborn, Martin Simpson, and many new artists this afternoon. Radio as it should be! I'm also thrilled that they recently added some of my tunes to their playlist. Check them out for some nice listening.

Winter NAMM

I've been down at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, and have been contributing to a blog about what we've seen, along with Teja Gerken, Scott Nygaard, and others. read about it here:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Acoustic Guitar's 20th Aniversary

Acoustic Guitar Magazine is celebrating their 20th Anniversary. For the 20th Anniversary Issue they asked me to create three mini-lessons on the styles of three guitar icons, Chet Atkins, Michael Hedges, and Leo Kottke. Check out mine as well as others online or see the YouTube videos here:

CDs and Books

"Doug has some great chops on this CD. He is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the fingerstyle arena. Some tunes are Kottke inspired, while others give a sense of early de Grassi. A real piece of ear candy." - Listener CD Baby Review	"This is a perfect intro to DADGAD tuning. ... I doubt I'll ever go back to standard tuning again" -- Amazon.com reviewer