Arnold Schultz (below, left) was a legendary fingerpicker in Kentucky. Schultz has been called the "Johnny Appleseed of music". Schultz taught his fingerpicking style to Kennedy Jones, who in turn taught it to Mose Rager, who in turn taught it to Merle Travis and Ike Everly (father of the Everly Brothers). Arnold Schultz also taught guitar and fiddle to the future "Father of Bluegrass", Bill Monroe.

tHESE OLD PHOTOS ARE JUST GREAT!

Did anyone record songs credited to Arnold Schultz?

Is there a year to that photo?

The German label Bear Family has just issued two fabulous box sets that will be of interest to anyone on this Forum who appreciates early folk music, whether white or black....

First is a box set of the bluegrass great Bill Monroe, two live shows from 1975 and 1989, along with a DVD of Bill in concert.

Second is even more stunning: the complete reissued Uncle Dave Macon on 9 CDs, along with a huge book about Uncle Dave, and a DVD of a movie made circa 1940 featuring Grand Ole Opry stars of the time. Uncle Dave Macon's music is a window into post-Civil War mountain music, among the oldest music for which we can hear directly performers who are direct links to that time.

And of course, I know that we all in this forum understand the often-fluid nature of musical styles between blacks and whites, even in times of great racial tensions. Bill Monroe and Arnold Schultz are a classic example. The Mississippi Sheiks are another....

See the box sets described at http://www.bear-family.de/index_english.htm

FINE picture! - could Schultz have had any link to the Greenville, NC pool of players ?(George Walker, Willie Walker, RGD etc) as there seems to me to be some stylistic overlap there; eg Merle Travis & Gary Davis have always seemed to me to be quite alike in their playing - shame he'll forever be a tantalising mystery (like Patton's "mentor" Henry Sloan) ..