dudes i was just checking out adrian legg albums on spotify :/
this stuff is a dangerous game
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
you want to play the game, you got to know the risks. just saw this relevant mix by danny paul grody, who is on the latest imaginational anthem thang. grody! http://rootstrata.com/rootblog/?p=7754
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
god i'm going to end up sad & alone with a pile of used michael hedges records.....
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
Well now you've made me go youtube Adrian Legg performances. Slippery slope indeed.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
hey you're never alone when you have michael hedges records to keep you company
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
I find Michael Hedges to be really terrible. The precursor to that slap and tap Andy McKee Youtube gibberish. I can't believe that the recent Fahey show uploaded to Youtube, the New Varsity series, were of him opening for Hedges. Slippery slope indeed.
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
I bought this Alex De Grassi album for $1 because it was in mint condition and was only $1, but it's pretty good for light (not lite) guitar music. It took me forever to remember his name because all I could remember is what the cover looked like.
http://991.com/newGallery/Alex-DeGrassi-Turning-Turning-B-495700.jpg
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
friend of mine put out this solo acoustic guitar CD a few years ago - http://www.josephbrenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/josephbrennacover.jpghe's the one who hates fahey though! much more into things like Hedges. Though I think he's actually not that into acoustic guitar playing, really, this was more of a side-trip for him. http://www.josephbrenna.com
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
the exact point at which this stuff starts to sound like "healing music" is my tipping point
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Tyler, thanks for that! I have now moved on form A. Legg to listening to D.P. Grody's album "In Search Of Light", which is really nice. Synth and acoustic guitars and a few other instruments so far. Nicely layered and detailed (lots of overdubs), but hitting the spot on a slow wintery Wednesday for sure. Can stream it on his bandcamp page.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
That was in response to that D.P. Grody mix of course
yeah it's pretty good. feel like it's 5-4-3-2-1 til some label is reissuing that great Cromarty record. [which, if you haven't heard it, is up for dl on root blog].
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
Can't really download right now. What's the Cromarty like? Straight solo fingerpicking stuff of songs?
― grandavis, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
it's solo fingerpicking except for the last song (which has vocals). really pretty playing, probably closer to john renbourn than fahey.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks Tyler. Will add it to the things to download when I have a slow day at home.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the cromarty thing is really gorgeous
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/11/15/george-cromarty-grassroots-guitar/
i mean...just the #swag on the cover alone:
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cromarty.jpg
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
i like that on the back of that album he offers a pronunciation guide for his name. more people should do that.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
does he use IPA symbols and everything??!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
haha, no, here it ishttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjq0dI44F1qzy30io1_1280.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh sorry that's tiny, here: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/image/35789942787
huh! i've heard that name a zillion times and i've never heard it pronounced like thatalways cro-MAR-tithanks g cromarty!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
i know! as in cromwell and thirty! would have never known.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
this is a great thread. have nothing new to share atm but was watching this great little set by jack rose earlierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3esteBtuPrshe kinda loses it at the end, there's a lot frustration in playing this kind of music i suppose.
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorXt58DZUg
^ Do you guys know Alexander Turnquist? Think he's been around for a few years but I've only just started picking up his stuff. Kind of in a James Blackshaw/Robbie Basho vein of 12-string playing.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
steve gunn & mike wexler playing tonight in brooklyn, both some of my fave locals.gunn is more raga-psych-jamz on acoustic/electric and wexler is more songwriting but both are really great.union pool! endless boogie are headlining.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
hey ian! i hoped you would find this thread.
loving this turnquist
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
turnquist is on the latest imaginational anthem (which is the only thing I've heard by him), but i was kinda ehhh, because it was sooooo blackshaw-esque. but that clip is pretty great, will check out some more stuff by him.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
my running list of dudes that are totally boring new agey guitar player magazine type bullshit you should avoid:
Sergio AltamuraAntoine Dufour (i don't know why i even bothered once i saw the song title "Spiritual Groove (Live)")
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
but i was kinda ehhh, because it was sooooo blackshaw-esque
yeah, definitely get that impression watching some older clips. got his most recent album and he seemed to be playing a lot higher up the fretboard and chucking in lots of harmonics so it had more of a steffen basho junghans feel. it's okay! but yes, not frollicking naked in wild new fields of discovery
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
tbh most of the stuff in this thread is probably going to be more evolutionary than revolutionary
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, totally
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, had been told about Turnquist by a friend of mine, and I really like that. I like that he has a somewhat maximalist sonic approach, i.e., a lot of open strings and overtones/harmonics going on (and the fast rolls with the fingerpicking), but the melodic movement and chording are pretty minimal. Guess I should listen to more Blackshaw, whom I haven't delved into very deeply yet.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, that drone segment at the end of that Jack Rose video is actually quite astounding. I thought he was using an effect at first, but it really just seems like just his lap slide.
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/vqOTeMGwsYEthis guy is good -- need to pick up his record... i think he's the guy who did that work hard, play hard box set for tompkins square too?
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
That is good, hadn't listened to him before.
Reminds me of Micah Blue Smaldone's instrumental stuff (touches of more traditional old-time/ragtime type stuff), though Micah writes a lot of vocal downer stuff as opposed to being largely instrumental, which is what has been popping up on this thread. All finger-picking though, worth checking out. Friend of the Cerberus Shoal/Big Blood crew of folks from Maine.
― grandavis, Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
Nathan's "Affirmed" album is great and so is his album of duso with James Elkington.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
duos, that is.
yeah checking Affirmed out now. sounds great. it is kind of interesting w/ these guitar players and the more ragtime-y stuff they all seem to get into sooner or later. it's sort of the least "cool" sounding stuff (not to say I don't like it). is there something technically challenging about playing in that way that draws them to that style?
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
ok, yeah, this salsburg album is stellar! dig the one vocal track too...
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
wow this is really great thanks tyler!
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
btw this horribly album covered peter lang record from 2003 is pretty good!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/GuitarPeterLang.jpg
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
one of the ppl that come up on nathan salsburg's "related artists" on Spotify....#swag
http://img.mp3rally.com/imager/w_500/h_/12acd7dd26092cdfdb8077214cca31d3.jpg
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
the james elkington/nathan salsburg album is on spotify, really gorgeous
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah checking that one out next! guitar jock! intense, showin off the back of the amp. so raw.
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
just had that bitch re-tubed
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
scariest thing is, give me ten years and i will look exactly like that dude.
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
listening to will ackerman right now on spotify
this....isn't that bad....
i may have crossed some very important line
― fieri inna babylon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 January 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
maneli jamal, new guy i guess iranian by way of belarus and austin TX...some of his stuff is a bit too technical and kinda saccharine for my taste but he's super talented
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MJ4UGzvl4
― My Lol's Beyond (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link