When I was playing around with my Dad’s guitar when I was a kid, I discovered you could “snap” the strings by pulling up on them to get a sound like a chicken “talking.” You know, like ...

In this video lesson, Albert Lee shows you his approach to chicken pickin'. Chicken pickin' is essentially hybrid picking (picking notes with the pick and the fingers at the same time), but more ...

Well, here it is again: “The Country Issue.” I’ve already written about the great country session players, and we’ve covered “chicken pickin,” among other country-related topics, so I was going to ...