Christopher Parkening

September, 1972

Good and bad, from Charlie Christian to Duane Eddy, America has produced more than her share of guitar pickers. But classical ones? No way, you say; that's a European thing. Well, we have news, if you haven't already heard: There's no more exciting classical guitarist today than the slim, serious 24-year-old pictured above. It was at the age of 11, in his native Los Angeles, that Christopher Parkening picked up the guitar; a year of studying with Celedonio and Pepe Romero, a father-son teaching...