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Post by bellyshere on Sept 11, 2019 19:31:45 GMT
One of the comments is where did all the great pickers go? Well here.
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Welshruss
C.O.G.
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My main instrument is: Turnstone, Wandering Boy & Santa Cruz
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Post by Welshruss on Sept 12, 2019 10:48:37 GMT
I’m a fan have his records and have seen him live many times when he was a member of Lambchop playing electric.
I play this tune:
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Post by Onechordtrick on Sept 12, 2019 12:07:43 GMT
Another fan here, only came across him a year or so ago
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Post by earwighoney on Sept 12, 2019 12:15:27 GMT
One of the comments is where did all the great pickers go? Well here.
There's a huge scene of fingerpickers around in the kind of music above. IMO, it's been a golden period for solo acoustic players over the last 15 years in the John Fahey influenced way of playing (not including the percussive side of things as that seems to be a different thing all together), IMO Jack Rose is still the king. Of course there are other guitarists with techniques that could be described as being 'better' but IMO few were able to compose pieces that were emotionally moving and interesting at the same time.
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Post by jackorion on Sept 12, 2019 12:53:56 GMT
Love William Tyler - saw him with Toby Hay and Nick Jonah Davies in support earlier this year and it was great!
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Welshruss
C.O.G.
Posts: 477
My main instrument is: Turnstone, Wandering Boy & Santa Cruz
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Post by Welshruss on Sept 13, 2019 0:30:43 GMT
I agree too, Jack Rose is still the king. Whether he's fingerpicking or playing his Weissenborn.
House of Dragons by Nick Jonah Davies is one of my favourite records.
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Post by earwighoney on Sept 13, 2019 9:18:37 GMT
I agree too, Jack Rose is still the king. Whether he's fingerpicking or playing his Weissenborn. Jack Rose is missed for sure. The other guy I rank up with JR, but to my ears I'd even rate him even higher is Rod Poole who had a even sadder demise (stabbed to death in a road rage incident, when he was the third party & attempted to break up a fight) and there's not much if any videos of him performing and some of his bit of his back catalogue is out of print/lost, a bit like the Robbie Basho for this generation and like RB. RP isn't an easy guitarist to appreciate, his music cannot be recreated unless you have a 17 tone guitar and can make sense of the following but for my ears that's part of the appeal, a genuine outsider who forged his own sound and identity.
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