Eddie Pennington

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"(Eddie Pennington plays)… in the Travis style to the delight of everyone within earshot."--The Washington Post

"Eddie is one of America's finest thumbpicking country-ragtime guitarists."
--Nick Spitzer, Folkmasters NPR radio series

"If you want thumbstyle guitar, Edward Pennington is the one to do it."
--John Hartford (1937-2001), musician/singer/songwriter

"Merle Travis would be proud of Eddie, and happy his style
is in such good hands."--Joe Wilson, National Council for the Traditional Arts

"Eddie is a great Merle Travis style player and entertainer. People love his music
everywhere he goes."--Paul Yandell

"Thumbpicking is lucky to have someone like Eddie Pennington carrying on the tradition. When I listen to Eddie pick, I can hear how much he loves the music."
--John Knowles

"Eddie's interpretation of Travis classics is impeccable in spirit and execution."
--Kentucky Folklife

Eddie and Tim Farmer, star of KET's Kentucky Afield, ham it up for the show's Christmas episode.

Eddie Pennington is a member of a committee recently formed by the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society. These organizations have partnered to form a citizen-based Diversity Committee to ensure that programs, collections, staff, governing boards and audiences for both state agencies in the Commerce Cabinet reflect the diversity found within the commonwealth.

Partial funding has been provided by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.