@stuartk: I too love Gurf’s playing. I sometimes saw him in the Guitar Center on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, buying guitar strings. He has done some great producing other than Lucinda, including Mary Gauthier. He has also made a few nice albums of his own, available on CD only.
There’s a guy in SoCal who is similar to Gurf, a fine singer and Telecaster/steel guitar player: Rick Shea. I saw him live dozens of times when I lived there, and subbed for his regular drummer for one show in 2008. One of those fifty dollar gigs. 😉