Dale Miller - Fingerpicking Rags & Other Delights (1975)

Delightful and entertaining, fluid steel-string picking that starts with a peppy version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and wends its way through very old pop standards, Bach and original pieces before arriving at a winsome (and trim) take of "Hey Jude." Miller came late to the guitar, but made up for lost time by performing with an evident joy that permeates these recordings -- there's no suggestion of intellectualism anywhere on this record, just a pure pleasure that breathes new life into crunchy old numbers such as "Bicycle Built for Two." The record sold out in 1977, to everyone's surprise, but was never re-pressed or reissued until 1996.



Tracklist:
1 01. Dale Miller - Sweet Georgia Brown (01:29)
1 02. Dale Miller - Stagger Lee (01:32)
1 03. Dale Miller - God Bless The Child (02:18)
1 04. Dale Miller - Cheap Wine (01:03)
1 05. Dale Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo (02:07)
1 06. Dale Miller - Boys From Blue Hill (01:51)
1 07. Dale Miller - Inflation Blues (02:55)
1 08. Dale Miller - Bicycle Built For Two/Sidewalks Of New York (02:05)
1 09. Dale Miller - Air On A G String (02:04)
1 10. Dale Miller - Too Tite Rag (01:02)
1 11. Dale Miller - The Pitschel Player Theme (01:03)
1 12. Dale Miller - Amtrak Shuffle (02:32)
1 13. Dale Miller - Blue Prelude (01:34)
1 14. Dale Miller - Take It On The Run (01:26)
1 15. Dale Miller - Nice Work If You Can Get It (01:16)
1 16. Dale Miller - Son Of Diddie (01:42)
1 17. Dale Miller - Birth Of The Blues (02:09)
1 18. Dale Miller - Shelley's Swing (01:19)
1 19. Dale Miller - Fleabites (01:53)
1 20. Dale Miller - Little Fugue (00:49)
1 21. Dale Miller - Hey Jude (02:54)