CATFISH PROUDLY ENDORSES:

• National Reso-Phonic Guitars- Dynamite site of the legendary National Guitar.
• Highlander Pickups - The world's best resonator and acoustic guitar pickups, bar none.
• John Pearse Strings - The very finest guitar strings. Long-lasting, great tone with gauges for every style of guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer and more.

LEARN SOME LICKS:

• Homespun Tapes - Happy & Jane Traum's huge catalog of music instruction videos including "The Country Blues Guitar of Catfish Keith" now available from Homespun and here at our own  Fish Tail Records Catalog
• Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch - World's Greatest Guitar Camp, founded by the legendary guitarist and singer Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna, formerly of Jefferson Airplane.
• International Guitar Seminars - Acoustic Blues and Slide Workshops w/Woody Mann, Bob Brozman, Martin Simpson, John Cephas, Mary Flower, Orville Johnson & more! Wow.

MUSICIANERS:

• Bob Brozman   King of the National Guitar: Master of Blues, Hawaiian and World Music.
• Roy Book Binder - The Travellin' Man: Legendary disciple of Rev. Gary Davis & Pink Anderson.
• Rev. Gary Davis - This page highlights Robert Tilling's brilliant book about the great Rev.
• Mary Flower - Excellent singer and fingerstyle guitarist, cool lap-style acoustic steel player.
• Peter Keane - Fine Austin-based country blues and folk singer/guitarist, with a great new CD: Another Kind of Blue.
• Kraig Kenning - Chicago-based singer, songwriter and champion of National Slide Guitar Competition.
• Pigmeat Pete Smith - The Official Website of the late, great Pigmeat Pete.
• Radiotones - Cool National guitar-fueled band from Scotland, breaking the blues borders.
• Randall Lee Rainwater- Tasty slide guitarist from Kentucky based in Dublin, Ireland.
• Paul Rishell & Annie Raines - Sublime deep blues guitar and harmonica duo, won the W.C.Handy Award for Best Acoustic Blues Album, Moving to the Country (on Tone Cool Records).
• Peter Madcat Ruth - World-class Harmonica Virtuoso and Cool Cat.

BLUES SOCIETY:
 
• Mississippi Valley Blues Society - Based in Catfish's old hometown of Davenport, Iowa, one of the world's most vital blues societies runs the famous Mississippi Valley Blues Festival every July 4th weekend, educational programs, and much more.


COOL MUSIC DIRECTORIES:.
 

• ezFolk Directory - Nice & EZ folk music directory with quality links.
• Folk Alliance - North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance.
• laguitare.com - The first French-speaking site for guitarists. (Many sites in English, too.)

• Bam Boo Room - South Florida's premier venue for the real acoustic and traditional roots blues.
• The Lobby - Great Music Venue in Cork, Ireland. Alright!


FINEST MUSIC STORES:
 

• Acoustic Music Resource - James Jensen's great online & mail order store specializing in the world's finest fingerpicking guitarists, including Woody Mann, Lawrence Juber, Pat Donahue, Peter Finger, Tim Sparks & many more. Also home to Solid Air Records, with lots of new releases, including Catfish's "A Fist Full of Riffs"
• Palm Guitars - Part of Bark Musical Instruments in Amsterdam, NL. Vintage & New Guitars.


RECORDING, DUPLICATION:
 

• The Petting Zoo Recording Studio - Patrick Brickel's fine new recording studio in Iowa City, Iowa. Highly recommended.
• Oasis Duplication - Our favorite CD manufacturer.  "by musicians, for musicians."


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