fitzhume (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@CrustyClown11 HAHA Good call. Forgot about that one.

CrustyClown11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@GrigoriZhukov True that. But he really made it big when he made the Opti-Grab

MrAustina60 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Still takes your breath away.

GrigoriZhukov (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@CrustyClown11 yes but he wasn't anybody until he got in the new phone book.

clint4Now (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

now that's music to my ears :-)

fridrikur (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Incredible clawhammer technique. He nailed it

TheSunday33 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

.......YES 

nancejo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

In its simplist form it is playing with the back of a fingernail with a downstroke intead of an upstroke. The thumb stays on the fifth string and plays the "and" of a "1-2 and" beat. While there can be a plethora of individual styles within any style the basic style is the same. You may hear someone refer to drop-thumb or double thumbing, but those are still wihin the frailing style. Nevertheless Steve Martin didn't invent it. I do give kudos for learning the style quite effectively. .

nancejo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Frailing and Clawhammer are technically the same style. I believe it was Pete Seeger who coined the term clawhammer. Before it was referred to by many different names, but frailing seemed to be the most common.