This "colorful" variety of country music is played on unamplified stringed instruments
..... Town 
& Country [DOC] [TLE] Liner Notes - Jim Carlton.com [PAR] On several cuts Joe even played the 12-string guitar, a instrument I'll wager he 
borrowed for .... As a youngster, Chris Hillman listened to bluegrass and country 
music and ..... That's arguable of course but nobody was flashier or more colorful 
on stage.