We’ve stumbled across an incredibly talented guitarist from the land down under: Smokin’ Joe Robinson.  Not to be confused with Smokin’ Joe Bonamassa, this Smokin’ Joe is a fingerstyle genius at the ripe old age of 18.  Before we all collectively moan about yet another kid that can play guitar way better than we can, this kid deserves some serious attention.  His playing is pretty mature for his age and he has an incredible fingerstyle along the lines of Atkins and Jerry Reed.   Full story…

We found out about Smokin’ Joe Robinson while checking out Jackson’s Rare Guitars, an Australian guitar shop that has a great selection of rare and vintage guitars, great videos and a cool blog.  It seems the wise folks at Jackson’s Rare Guitars had Joe play some of their Collings guitars as a promotion.

Well enough about it.  Here’s Smokin’ Joe Robinson ripping on a Collings: