Bruce Cockburn is a brilliant acoustic guitarist from Canada, very famous over there and also in some parts of the world. Many of the younger guitar players may not know of him so I’ve decided to post about another youtube video. At times his guitar parts may look simpler than they are but really he [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 25, 2008
Seals and Crofts Youtube
The Early Seventies was a great period for acoustic music, both commercially and in smaller environments such as small concert halls, cafes and bars. Seals and Crofts were one of my favourite duos, along with Batdorf and Rodney; they had some beautiful albums full of jangly guitars jand vocl harmonies, I particularly like the Unborn [...]
September 21, 2008
McGowan Guitars Virginia
McGowan Guitar I LOVE BEAUTIFUL GUITARS I’ve stated a number of times in this guitar blog site that what I’m trying to do is raise the standard of guitar playing by making available resources, inspirational videos of great players, guitar tips, tabs and music notation and whatever else I can to expand the beautiful artform [...]
September 18, 2008
Guitar Tip at Electric Guitarist
I’ve just written a very lengthy guitar tip at one of my othet guitar blog sites. It is very sensible and is really worth a read if you are keen about being a better guitar player. For more information go to: The Electric Guitarist
September 17, 2008
Bruce Cockburn Youtube in Mali
Bruce Cockburn has always been an exceptional guitar player with odd twists in his playing and has worked with numerous musicians of different styles. To hear Bruce playing with the Kora master Mamadou Diabate is a treat. The kora is a traditional twenty one harp like stringed African instrument. Mali as the birth place of the [...]
September 16, 2008
Richard Wright from Pink Floyd Dies
NEWS FLASH Richard Wright one of the founding members of Pink Floyd has passed away. Richard was a keyboard player and although this blog site is dedicated to Acoustic guitar, Richard Wright’s contribution to contemporary music needs to be acknowledged. Thankyou Richard for your contribution to one of the greatest bands of all time. For [...]
September 13, 2008
Bruce Cockburn and Rick Emmett Youtube
Bruce Cockburn and Rick Emmett are both Canadian guitar players, this youtube video is from 1981. You may be aware of Rick from his work with the band Triumph and his exposure through Gguitar Player magazine. Bruce Cockburn has been an acoustic guitar favourite of mine since the mid seventies, you may know him from [...]
September 12, 2008
Acoustic Hall and Oates Youtube
Most people would know Darryl Hall and John Oates as a pop band / duet and may not be aware of their acoustic roots. Amongst musicians Hall and Oates were held i high regard as an acoustic duo before their big successes on the commercial pop scene. If you can get a hold of Abandoned [...]
September 8, 2008
Acoustic Guitarist goes Electric Guitarist
As of yesterday this Acoustic Guitarist Blog Website has had 50,000 visitors in the last 12 months. Due to the success of both this site and my other site The Acoustic Guitar and my experience as an electric player, I decided to start an electric guitarist site that specialises in electric guitar players. To chek out some great [...]
September 3, 2008
Jerry Reed Youtube Jammin’Beyond
NEWS FLASH – Jerry Reed Dies Jerry Reed, the great country guitar legend has gone to the great jam in the sky. As a tribute to the brilliant guitar player I’ve posted about this guitar youtube. To read more information, here is a news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7596040.stm Thanks Jerry, this world has just lost a genius.
