Monthly Archives: April 2008
Eric Bibb – Blues Guitar – youTube
Eric Bibb plays a mix of Blues Folk gospel acoustic guitar. If you haven’t heard him play I highly recommend you have a listen. His guitar playing is very smooth, in fact he’s one of those players who plays just … Continue reading
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Diversity in Your Set List = a Good Gig
Have you ever been to see someone play music and it seemed like they’ve played what sounded like almost the same song all night? Sound familiar? So how to get around this? If you are new to performing you may not … Continue reading
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Scott Nygaard – A Great Player
I first became aware of the Scott Nygaard on a Tim O’brien album and then gradually started to see his name appear in acoustic Guitar magazine, a magazine that I consider to be essential reading for acoustic guitar players. http://acousticguitar.com … Continue reading
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Harry Manx Blues and Indian guitar
For years now I’ve been a lover of both Indian music and the blues. Due to my studies with the Sarod player Ashok Roy I have played quite a few instrumentals in open tuning, I used to use the tuning B, F# … Continue reading
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Simple Blues in G for Guitar
Early today I was writing a Blues Variation Scale for my other guitar blog and I thought it would be a good idea to write a very simple Blues In G for Acoustic Guitar because the other blues I wrote … Continue reading
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Sixties Songs Small Faces Itchycoo Park
The Small Faces sang Itchycoo Park is a classic sixties song. I’ve included in my acoustic guitar blog because I feel it is relevant, ok I’m cheating, I can hear an acoustic guitar in the intro. And really it’s too … Continue reading
Yesterday Beatles Paul McCartney
The song yesterday by Paul McCartney is an all time acoustic classic. It is very melancholy and is one of those songs that if you were around at the time when it was popular would somehow stop you in your … Continue reading
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Led Zeppelin Acoustic Guitar
So many of the rock groups of the sixties and seventies are known for their electric music. At the time and even still I liked the Led Zeppelin 3 album, complete with cover that rotated. I’ve decided to post their … Continue reading
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John Martyn – May You Never
One of the great guitar players to come of Scotland is John Martyn, he influenced many acoustic guitar players. The band America recorded one of his songs ‘Head and Heart’ on their second album. Also Eric Clapton recorded his tune … Continue reading
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Jimi Hendrix Acoustic Blues
Jimi Hendrix is primarily known as an Electric Guitar Player, and a brilliant one of that. I think it’s important to hear guitar players without the electronics, unplugged before being unplugged was fashionable. So here’s a youTube of Jimi Hendrix … Continue reading
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Sixties Hippy Guitar Inspiration – San Francisco
Anyone that was alive in the sixties, and in a conscious (or semi conscious) state would be aware of the impact that the song San Francisco had globally. Overnight, from one side of the world to the other there were … Continue reading
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Eleven Basic Tips on Playing Guitar
Most electric guitarists that have grown up playing rock guitar want the volume control to go up to eleven, not ten. So in keeping with that philosophy I thought I’d write eleven useful tips to help beginners that are learning … Continue reading
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Michael Hedges – The Great Acoustic Innovator
Many people are not aware of the great guitar player that influenced so many guitar players, Michael Hedges died in a car accident in 1993, he was 43 years old. He played open tuning guitar, what this means to the … Continue reading
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Doc Watson – Black Mountain Rag
Doc Watson the blind acoustic bluegrass guitar player is by far one of the greatest players in his style. What has surprised me a lot over the years, is that many people I have encountered thought he was a black … Continue reading
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Dan Crary – Flatpicking
Here’s a video of the very brilliant Dan Crary flapicking a medley of songs. I first became aware of Dan Crary about 30 years ago when he used to write for Guitar Player magazine. I have worked in bands where … Continue reading
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Tony Rice – Brilliant Acoustic Guitar Technique
Flawless guitar techniques are things that I have always appreciated. Regardless of style, credit always needs to be given where it’s due. I’ve been listening to Tony Rice the Bluegrass player for almost 30 years now. He’s one of the … Continue reading
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Hip Hop Parrot
I thought it might be nice to post this video of a Hip Hop parrot, taking dance styles into new areas. Very clever. I’m going to learn Salsa, there’s so much competition these days
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