	Kentucky Thumb Pickers Club - the first regional pickers club, Louisville, KY - Alex Dunn, Pres
"Pick me one."	Thumb & Fingerstyle Guitar Players - Chattanooga - probably the second regional pickers club. Billy Denham, president and fine picker.
"Ye haw!!"	Georgia Fingerstyle Guitar Association - nice folks James "Chief" Childers, Pres
	Guitar League of Central New York - mostly acoustic crowd - Dick Ward, organizer
"e'lo, Ol' Chap.."	Fingers & Thumbs Acoustic Guitar Society - nice club in England - David Whyte
	fingerstyleguitar.ca - guitar concerts in Canada - Randy Finney
	Chet Atkins Fan Club of Toronto - they meet to share their love of Chet's music - Randy Finney
	Tampa Bay Fingerstyle Guitar Guild - weekly get togethers - Terry Premru
	Delaware Valley Fingerstyle Guitar Association - Joe Willson, Pres..
	North Carolina Thumb and Fingerstyle Association - Clay Lunsford - Pres
	Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society - New group located near Detroit - Mark Hawks, Organizer
	Columbus Guitar Society - our local classical guitar organization - Eugene Braig, Organizer
	Texas Fingerstyle Guitar Association - East Texas, Len Collins, Organizer On-Line TFGA Music Room - (click to enter)
	Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists - west coast
"Who's Bobby Knight?"	Indy Guitar Society - Indianapolis, IN - Joe Jackson (317) 542-9567
	Columbus Folk Music Society - headed up by Larry Staats
	Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society - wonderful concerts throughout the year of world class guitarists - Pete Ellerhorst, Pres.

Regional Guitar Contests/Festivals

	Kentucky National Thumbpicker's Contest - August - Central City, Kentucky
	Winfield Finger Style Guitar Contest - September, Winfield, Kansas
	Malmoe International Guitar Festival - March 6th - Poland

Internet Organizations & Forums

Mr. Guitar - official Chet Atkins web site
Jerry Reed - Somebody put up a pretty good Facebook of Jerry..
Merle Travis - A pretty good tribute site to the late Merle Travis
Minor 7th - A website that reviews the best in non-mainstream acoustic guitar music
The Saturday Night Guitar Pull - an organization out of Nashville that has plans to visit many major cities and record "fire side jam sessions" of original guitar music written and performed by local talent. Columbus is one of their first cities they visited.

Tabs, Tablature Software, and Music

Fretted Instruments - (tab) Jack Baker's web site with tons of tabs, and "hot links" to other tab sites.
Black Mack - (tab) Tons of tab...
Fingerstyle Guitar Resource Center - (tab) Lot's of tab.
Freddie's Web Site - (music) I have no idea how this guy gets all this Chet music out on his site.
Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar - lot's more tablature - hosted by Bruce Mock
Power Tab - Lot's of tab in PowerTab format.
Free Tabs - lot's of stuff....
Celtic Guitar Page by Glenn Weiser - Celtic tabs, CDs, books, etc..
LickByNeck - Jazz guitar instruction of the greats...
YouTube - videos of just about everybody and everything..
GuitarPlayerTV - some great videos of guitarists.

Publications and Newsletters

Acoustic Guitar Workshop, Craig Dobbins, PO Box 8075, Gadsden, Al 35902 - Lot's of Chet tabs and very well written tech notes..
Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine - s all about celebrating finger style guitar. Great articles, instructional tab, and an accompanying CD.
FingerStyle Quarterly - John Knowles was one of Chet's best friends and co-arrangers. Very fine lessons.

Stars Sites & Promoters

Ray Cummins - "Ray Cummins is my good friend and one of the best finger pickers around." - Chet Atkins
Joe Edwards - Grand Ole Opry Staff Band For 32 Years
Richard Smith - world's most awesome finger style guitar player (and, frequent visitor to OFGC)
Eddie Pennington - World's greatest Travis picker - from around Merle's birthplace, besides.
Tommy Flint - Another legend from Western Kentucky. Has written over 30 books for Mel Bay Productions.
Muriel Anderson - Internationally acclaimed classically trained nylon stringed guitarist and composer.
Doyle Dykes - Another international celebrity of finger style guitar.
Buster B. Jones - Wild, fast, and comical "claw style" finger style guitarist - and, teacher.
Robert Anderson - a real "sleeper" of a Chet picker - plays every tune - note-for-note - incredible
Jerry Reed - "Alabama Wildman" - a fan's web site for Jerry - Stig Voll web master
Scotty Anderson - One of the fastest guitar players in the world... from Cincinnati, Ohio
Nokie Edwards - Original lead guitarist for the Ventures... Today, one of the smoothest finger style players around
Billy Denham - Standout player at CAAS every year - from Chattanooga, TN

Product & Services Sites We Like

PG Music - producer of Band In A Box
Kangaroo Amp Covers - Custom made amplifier covers - P.O. Box 120593, Nashville, TN 37212; (615) 361-5537 or 1-800-431-5537
The Ultimate Guitar Case - Case Sensitive, Hartford, CT
Chantal Cordey - beautiful hand made leather guitar straps
Fifth Ave Fret Shop, 1597 W 5th Ave, Grandview, Columbus
Kraig Phillips - Custom guitar builder and repair.. Grandview, Columbus OH
Case Sensitive - The ultimate cabinet for guitar collectors that think they have "everything"

"Joints" in Ohio That Support Guitar Music

Canal Street Tavern - great guitar venue.. Dayton
The Strand Theater - beautifully restored late 1800's vaudeville house - promoting "live" music, Delaware, OH
Fats Billiards - North-West Columbus

Guitar Stores and Instructors in Ohio That Support "Thumb Pickin"

Lang Music - Columbus (west side)
Uptown Strings, 23 E College Ave., Westerville (north Columbus)
Twin Rivers, Kenny Centre, Columbus (north Columbus)
German Village Music Haus, 350 S Grant, Columbus
Music Royale - , 4012 Presidential Pkwy, Powell (north Columbus)
Bluegrass Musicians Supply, 1370 S High, Columbus, OH
Guitar Center, 2100 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
Worthington Music, 6560 No High, Worthington, OH
Sam Ash, 1690 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
String Shoppe, 1710 N High, Columbus, OH
Metro Music, 6007 E Main, Columbus, OH
Jerry Loos Guitar Training Center, 3314 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH
Chuck Dailey Guitar Studio, 74 Mill St, Gahanna, OH
Center For The Arts - Westerville, 200 Huber Village Pl, Westerville, OH
Colonial Music, 5598 N High, Columbus, OH
Walker Music & Electronics, 856 S Yearling, Whitehall, OH
I Buy Guitars, 5187 No High, Columbus, OH
Phillips Guitars - Kraig Phillips custom guitar maker - (614) 975 - 4023

Palmer's Personal Non-Guitar Favorites

Google Search Engine - Just type in what you are looking for.
Yahoo - Searches, locate people, and maps
US Postal Service - ZIP code look ups, etc
Repair Clinic - For fear of law suits, appliance manufacturers (now days) won't give any advice to us cost conscious "do-it-yourself" home repair folks. This site not only "tells" you how - THEY SHOW YOU PICTURES!!