Fingerpickers

[stefan]

Yesterday I attended the first day of an acoustic guitar festival (fingerpicking style). Performers were Richard Smith, Muriel Anderson and Tommy Emmanuel. A 4 hour show, extremely fast picking and a great stage presence and performance. Does anyone know these guys? Tommy Emmanuel performed own compositions as well as songs of several writers. So did Muriel Anderson. Smith didn't contribute own stuff but nevertheless put on a great show. Of course there were a bunch of Chet Atkins songs, which made me think of Lindsey. How would you rate their abilities compared to our man? As a non guitarist it's hard for me to evaluate if he could compete with Emmanuel or Smith. I always thought how interesting it would be to see Lindsey do a show like this too. Any thoughts appreciated
Stefan