Justin King has a contemporary approach to acoustic guitar, he includes tapping, hammer ons, harmonics, percussive techniques… all at the same time There’s a lot going on here, and many people who are only used to traditional guitar styles are in for a shock. For other guitar players that use contemporary techniques in a musical [...]
Entries from December 2009
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas to All
Merry Christmas to all. Peace and Good Wishes From Tony Hogan
December 19, 2009
Ian Anderson Jethro Tull Youtube
In the early seventies Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was voted in a survey the man that mothers would least like their daughters to hgo out with. Obviously at that time they were not aware of the beautiful antique parlor guitar collection that he would one day have. Although many people know Ian Anderson as [...]
December 10, 2009
Martin Carthy Youtube Open Tuning Guitar Tutorial
Recently I’ve posted about a number of British guitar players, todays acoustic guitar video article is about Martin Carthy, a very good open tuning guitarist. The song is called the Siege of Delhi (not a very nice piece of British history), it is a march and is in the tuning of CGCDGA, it’s in 2/4 [...]
December 2, 2009
John Martyn Youtube May You Never
Anyone who was alive and listening to acoustic music in the 1970′s would be aware of John Martyn, a great acoustic guitarist who played open tunings, a brilliant song writer and beautiful singer. He recorded a series of albums, the most famous being Solid Air. The tune Solid Air as about Nick Drake. The band [...]
