James Shelton is the lead guitar player for Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, a legendary group that has performed since 1946. Stanley enjoys status as an elder statesman for bluegrass music and currently books about 150 dates per year. As a member of this popular ensemble, James Shelton benefits from the massive exposure that this unit receives. James has several solo guitar recordings to his credit, and his most recent outing appeared on Copper Creek. Combined CD/cassette sales amounted to nearly 2,000 units. The music from his most recent Copper Creek recording was transcribed and printed in book form by Mel Bay Publications, a leading supplier of printed music for acoustic, folk and bluegrass music. “Guitar Tracks” follows the same successful formula that worked so well in his previous recording.