In the world of Chet Atkins’ style fingerpicking, Buster B. Jones was a legendary figure. Atkins himself once said, “Buster B. Jones is the best fingerpicker I’ve heard since Jerry Reed…” At the age of 11, Brooks Robertson heard Jones play at a Nokie Edwards-curated festival in Eugene, Oregon. It changed his life. “Some switch went off,” he says, “from that point on, I was interested [in guitar].” He quickly took up the acoustic guitar.

As fate would have it, Jones himself would soon relocate from Nashville to Eugene. For several years, Robertson would be mentored by the virtuoso. Though Jones passed away in 2009, Robertson has kept the fingerpicking torch going. On “Jonesin’,” he pays tribute to his guitar hero.

Recorded at the Fretboard Journal‘s Seattle headquarters on December 15, 2013. Robertson is playing his main guitar, a Collings OM2H.