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performance at age 30. During his famous sabbatical from the guitar, spent mostly fly-fishing in
Montana, he agreed to found a guitar department at Montana State University, and he did what he terms a "token" amount of teaching at MSU during this time. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music from Montana State University in 1983. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Music and Chair in
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Parkening rarely played guitar choosing instead to focus his attention on his Montana ranch and trout
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studies. By the age of 19 he had embarked on a professional career of regular touring and recording.
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527:"Biography: Christopher Parkening"
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