Tim Sparks and Phil Heywood

Phil Heywood and Tim Sparks are two Minnesota acoustic guitar wizards who have both won the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. With more than 40 years of experience playing in bars, honkey tonks, and major European cultural citadels, they offer a rousing blend of country blues, ragtime, classic jazz, and special renditions of the likes of Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Mark Knopfler, and Reverend Gary Davis.