I have friends who are incredibly talented musicians, one of them Marcus, is an awesome guitar player. I was invited to watch him and his brother perform at a charity event. It was great. One of the performers, called Tony Cox, was amazing amazing amazing. Turns out that he is a highly respected musician in guitar circles, both here and internationally. He was born in Zimbabwe and now lives in SA. He played three numbers and I was riveted. So much so that a lady from another table came over to ask me if I had enjoyed his performance. She said, my face beemed as I watched him. Seriously - he was incredible. I had no idea that you could get a guitar to make some of the sounds he was producing. Apparantley his style is that of "fingerpicking" which speaks for itself I suppose. He played Henry Mancini's Walk of the baby Elephant from the Pink Panther movies. This is the guitar he played. It's custom made from all kinds of exotic wood. Who would have thought, that what once was a tree, could make such a beautiful racket.

Unbelievable - his fingers glided across the strings. I noticed that his fingernails on his right hand were long and manicured, like a woman's. A bit of a turnoff that but I suppose he needs them for the fingerpickin!