Comments on: Kaki King Youtube

By: Tony Hogan

Tony Hogan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:23:51 +0000

Thanks Michael for your comment. I did hear a bit of the August Rush movie and the guitarist seemed ok, very young but interesting and is following in the stream of players that had laid a foundation for heading the acoustic guitar off in a new direction. All the players you have mentioned have been covered in blog articles at my different blogs. Keaggy is great at what he does, and probably more musical than a lot of players. As for Carlton and Ford, they are two of my favourite electric players along with Steve Khan (who also recently sent me some of his acoustic playing which I will be covering soon, I never knew it existed, but Steve was kind enough to update me on what he had done on acoustic) and Jeff Beck.I

In fact I could talk for hours on different players as I’ve played for 40 years myself and followed the careers of many players that most people haven’t even heard of. Kaki King is good, I can’t see a relationship between her music and some of the brilliant players you have mentioned. Both Bensusan and Hedges are composers which just happened to use the guitar as a vehicle and that is something which I think separates them out from a lot of other players. I had dinner with Pierre Bensusan and a couple of other guitar players about 2 weeks ago and it was fascinating to hear about his approach to music and life in general. Maybe you’re aware of Antoine Dufour, of the new guys he’s the one I really like.

Tony

By: imaguitarist2

imaguitarist2 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:18:19 +0000

Michael Hedges was great. Pierre Bensusan is awesome. “August Rush” was an awesome movie if you’re a guitarist. I heard an interview on “Fresh Air” – public radio with Kaki King – she’s following the tradition of Hedges and Bensusan. But in this context you must mention Phil Keaggy. He’s on a Christian label and has to be one of the greatest living guitarists. But what about Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour and Robben Ford and Frank Gambale and Pat Metheny and Steve Morse and … man I sure love the guitar …

By: acousticguitarist

acousticguitarist — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:31:30 +0000

Kaki King is brilliant, Michael Hedges is one of my all time favourite players, his sound was so big. Although I had been doing open tunings for some years, when I first heard Hedges, his music pushed me into exploring other areas. The interesting thing about Hedges is he always thought of himself as a composer first and guitarist next. The world has lost something brilliant by his death

Have you heard Pierre Bensusan?

By: anne

anne — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:22:38 +0000

Shawn Johnson used some of the music from August Rush in her Olympic floor routine. When I heard the opening notes, I thought it was a Michael Hedges piece I wasn’t familiar with (and didn’t know how that was possible.) Now I do. It’s Kaki King.

Having played a number of Hedges pieces myself, I really appreciate what goes into this. Nicely done.

By: acousticguitarist

acousticguitarist — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:51:50 +0000

Thanks Evan

I”ll follow through on that

regards Tony

By: evan

evan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:07:27 +0000

“August Rush” is maybe a interesting movie for Kaki King Lovers:

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Rush)

By: Ovidiu - GuitarFlame.com

Ovidiu - GuitarFlame.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:16:22 +0000

It’s always interesting to see girls guitar players playing that good. I really enjoyed that song.

By: acousticguitarist

acousticguitarist — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:44:42 +0000

Hi Chica

Thanks for dropping by. She’s a great guitar player. I have up dated the post so it says “Hedgesish” as in Michael Hedges style, the great acoustic guitar player that died

By: Chica

Chica — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:27:27 +0000

I’m not sure what you mean by “Hedgesish” but I thought it was pretty neat. Some of it didn’t make sense, but i found myself slightly rocking to it even so.