I have been playing guitar since 1965, and am listed among the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists on the digitaldreamdoor.com site. (It's always nice to be on someone's top 100 list!) I have recorded 12 solo guitar CD's, and my music appears on 8 DVD's, including "Guitar Artistry of El McMeen," distributed by Rounder Records and Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. I have written or co-written numerous books for Mel Bay Publications, including the substantial folios entitled "Art of Dropped D Guitar" and "The Mel Bay Complete Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Book." The latter book, co-written with Stefan Grossman and Richard R. ("Duck") Baker, is a "Mel Bay Best Seller."

I greatly enjoy working with other guitarists to help them find their own unique "voice" on the guitar.