Guitar based music

[symon]

.........KJPhelps - for me 'Lead Me On is the one.

.........Davey Graham is the guy who Bert & John wanted to be (as did Paul Simon, Jimmy Page, Martin Carthy, John Martin and a whole host of others)

It's interesting that you've gone that far back in his work. I'm happily surprised

Oh yes - Davey Graham was Bert Jansch's hero big time! I had a chat with Martin Carthy about Davey Graham once - he said it was the heroin that did him in, he never quite came back from it.

Paul Simon owes a lot to Martin carthy, and Jimmy Page owes a lot to Davey Graham and Bert Jansch!

[John]

Hi John

I have a few saved in my ‘Wish List’ on Amazon, I’ll note them below if there are any better alternatives just let me know.

There are a couple on your last list, which are new to me;

· Strunz and Farah - Live
· Stefanovski and Tadic - Krushevo
· Peter Wolpl - Mr Fudge Speaks
· Kazumi Watanbe – Spice of Life too, Watanbe must the Japanese equivalent to Smith??
· Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane - Temporal Analogues of Paradise

My Amazon Saves;

· Terry Riley - Rainbow In Curved Air
· Penguin Cafe Orchestra
· Kelly Joe Phelps – Tunesmith Retrofit
· Jackie Leven – Creatures Of Light and Darkness
· Laura Nyro
· Mitch Ryder
· Susumu Yokota – Grinning Cat

Hadn’t realised there were so many there. I will definitely have to get round to making a start to buying some of them. Should be very interesting in deed. Any alternative suggestions are more than welcome.

Andy - SDDW

I am not sure how you get on with the Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane album I put in a link so u get a sense as it might be to much improvisation for you but everything fits into the music If u give it time u might like it but generally one that takes time to really appreciate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_MfyrQT8I

[The Grand Wazoo]

I've just been listening to Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez - 'Grande Reservoir: Solo Acoustic Fusion Guitar'.

Steel strung acoustic guitar noodlings - he's new to me. It caught my interest because of a track called 'Zappa'. Good music for just having a pleasant noise in the background - I can't see myself listening very hard to it, but it's entertaining enough.

I swear it's not all truly acoustic, though!

[John]

I will check out his stuff not heard of him either
Cheers Chris

[John]

I've just been listening to Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez - 'Grande Reservoir: Solo Acoustic Fusion Guitar'.

Steel strung acoustic guitar noodlings - he's new to me. It caught my interest because of a track called 'Zappa'. Good music for just having a pleasant noise in the background - I can't see myself listening very hard to it, but it's entertaining enough.

I swear it's not all truly acoustic, though!

It reminds me of Jasun Carter
He is going through a processor (not sure what) still acoustic but heavily modified

[The Grand Wazoo]

It reminds me of Jasun Carter
He is going through a processor (not sure what) still acoustic but heavily modified

Yes, it's an acoustic guitar alright, but we're not hearing it's acoustics, despite what the album title would imply.

Did you like it?

[John]

Its a bit to nice for me but he can play

[The Grand Wazoo]

I'd tend to agree with that synopsis.

I've just been listening to 'Width of a Circle' from the Ziggy Stardust soundtrack at the moment - an album I know very well. But tonight on this track, it struck me that the guitar frenzy in the middle was so much ahead of it's time, it's not true!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibbXY...eature=related

I often wondered before, just how much of what we heard on the Bowie albums of that era came from Mick Ronson, because after they parted company, Bowie was just not the same. The second clue is on Ronson's solo albums!

Another underrated and sadly lost talent.

[John]

nice link very rock and roll
Its intresting although this is a lot more basic I can connect with it more than Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez yet I tend to go for people that combine good technique with a certain energy or passion so I guess I value that emotional connection more than I value Technique (ideally I want both)

[The Grand Wazoo]

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