At 09:03 AM 9/20/2005, you wrote: >He was indeed. In fact, Hedges claimed to have invented the technique. He >first came to attention performing in the courtyard of the old Varsity >Theater >right here in Palo Alto (California). The area had been turned into a coffee >shop.
I do like Hedges' stuff, but that's a hard claim to make given that Arcas or Aguado (I don't recall which Spanish "A" name off the top of my head, but it's well-known enough to be in one of those little Noad books) were tapping a la Hedges in the 19th c. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
