The Chetboard

I have to admit, I had never heard of Charlie Hosada until today. And after listening to a # of his covers, I am way impressed! He has a great touch1

Just one of thousands whom Chet inspired, but some seem to stand out as exceptional. Charlie is in that group

https://youtu.be/xBqRyChG8XE

Really nice playing!
Steve

Yup. Bojangles, the way Chet plays it, has a lot of nuances. He’s nailed the nuances real nice.

I subsequently listened to several of his Chet covers, and he is really, really spot on.

I found him on FB. Sent him a friend request. His FB photo says Chet Atkins is my hero.

My kind of picker!

Here’s another not so easy one that he nails:

https://youtu.be/nFfPWumiy5w

Well, I too have never heard about Charlie! He really is a great Chet-picker! Wonder where is he at? What nationality is he? A fellar sure could learn a lot just watching his videos! Clean up some tunes we've been playing for years! One of the best I've ever heard or seen, and I've seen a LOT! Steve

He is in Japan.

The guy (like Chet) is very humble. You know how Chet was very self effacing? Same with Charlie.

I friended him on FB. His message blew me away. He said “What I am doing is imitating Chet. And it’s very poor. I know. If you watch videos of many guitar players on FB and Y’tube, they know how to play. They play very dexterously, and they record beautiful sounds with very good equipment. But...what I’m doing...it’s very poor. Everyone praises me, but I know. But, I still play the guitar today. I like the guitar and Chet records.

Your friend Charlie.”

Now is that humble, or what??

Doug, I've been talking with Charlie for the past several months on FaceBook. I guess he's not part of your group even though he is with mine. Yes, he's very dedicated and has been part of a Ventures group that was performing quite often in Japan until this international shutdown. He's a huge fan of Chet! I'm glad you've found him! Tell him hi for me!

Group? Which one. I’m in two guitar groups on FB.

Does he know about the Chetboard? Surely he’d enjoy being on here, and I was thinking about inviting him to join us here.

Doug, he is one of the nearly 5,000 members of my personal FB group but the majority are guitar players. This is the same group that you are in with me.

He has also posted on the special Chet Atkins FB page but I rarely get over there. Pretty much all of my friends such as John Knowles, Richard Smith, Eddie Estes, Audie Wykle, Phil Hunt, etc., etc. are in the same group of mine that you are, so I don't feel the need to go to the other page, but maybe I should? I'm a member of Chet's FB page as well as Jerry's but everyone I know is already in my main group. However, my group is also made up of many personal friends, and former students from all over the world. Focusing just on Chet or Jerry fans, might draw more attention and any music I would post?

You can never belong to too many groups!

The page for Chet and the one for Jerry that you mentioned...what are the exact names of those groups so I can do a search in the search bar?