Craig Dobbins is an Alabama-based guitarist, writer, and composer. He has authored many books and recordings about fingerstyle guitar, and he is considered an expert on the music of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. Dobbins regularly contributes to *Acoustic Guitar*, *Fingerstyle Guitar*, and *Mister Guitar* (the journal of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society). He also writes and publishes *Acoustic Guitar Worksho*p, an instructional quarterly for fingerstyle guitarists. His books have been published by Mel Bay, Hal Leonard, and Alfred Publications. His latest project (2010) is *Lick of the Week*, which delivers a new fingerstyle lick to your inbox each week. ~from the *Acoustic Guitar* magazine bio