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Post by PistolPete on May 15, 2017 9:44:58 GMT
This man has loomed larger in my musical development than anyone.
He's been a pretty consistent influence on me since I picked up a guitar, along with Fred McDowell, Kelly Joe Phelps & Hound Dog Taylor.
In my earlier days Dan Auerbach & Jack White loomed pretty large
Tom Rush's earlier albums were pivotal in my switch to acoustic & now I also listen to a lot of country & Americana as well as the blues stuff.
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Post by andyhowell on May 15, 2017 9:53:51 GMT
Actually, whilst showering I realised that this forum, YouTube and that other one, but this one in particular and the people involved have got to be a great inspiration as well for me - probably for all of us.
Going back to 2012, possibly earlier, when I started doing my own tunes and seeing what others were doing as well. A=Everyone is always encouraging and helpful. I have sought advice by PM numerous times from ocarolan , Riverman and @robbiej and all answered without giving me the impression they were fed up with me when they probably were at times...........
Phil Nice observation Phil. SaveSave
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Post by andyhowell on May 15, 2017 9:55:10 GMT
This man has loomed larger in my musical development than anyone. He's been a pretty consistent influence on me since I picked up a guitar, along with Fred McDowell, Kelly Joe Phelps & Hound Dog Taylor. In my earlier days Dan Auerbach & Jack White loomed pretty large Tom Rush's earlier albums were pivotal in my switch to acoustic & now I also listen to a lot of country & Americana as well as the blues stuff. I've not seen that before Pete. Great stuff. I can see the influence! SaveSave
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Post by Riverman on May 15, 2017 10:08:18 GMT
Actually, whilst showering I realised that this forum, YouTube and that other one, but this one in particular and the people involved have got to be a great inspiration as well for me - probably for all of us.
Going back to 2012, possibly earlier, when I started doing my own tunes and seeing what others were doing as well. A=Everyone is always encouraging and helpful. I have sought advice by PM numerous times from ocarolan , Riverman and @robbiej and all answered without giving me the impression they were fed up with me when they probably were at times...........
Phil Yeah right, that Phil Taylor, I taught him everything he knows...
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Post by bob61 on May 15, 2017 11:18:02 GMT
At this present time it's got to be Jeffrey Foucault and Kelly Joe Phelps but the late great Bert Jansch and I love Bob Dylans early stuff. John Renbourne, Dougie McLean, Jackson C Frank, Jack Savoretti, Justin Currie there's so many
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Post by slasher on May 15, 2017 13:05:32 GMT
Hank Marvin first got me interested in guitars but I then found folk. In the mid sixties "folk" meant Irish to lots of people and many guitar players simply thrashed the instrument. I then found Martin Carthy who played real accompanying guitar and brought the great expanse of english folk to the fore. He still is a terrific performer. Saw Martin Simpson recently for rhe umpteenth time, really good. My favourite songwriter has to be Clive Gregson who is a fine player and singer too. Basically I am in awe of most players as my playing is fairly basic. The above mentioned have caused me to "have a bash" and in doing so I have had a huge amount of fun.
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Post by andyhowell on May 15, 2017 16:41:38 GMT
Hank Marvin first got me interested in guitars but I then found folk. In the mid sixties "folk" meant Irish to lots of people and many guitar players simply thrashed the instrument. I then found Martin Carthy who played real accompanying guitar and brought the great expanse of english folk to the fore. He still is a terrific performer. Saw Martin Simpson recently for rhe umpteenth time, really good. My favourite songwriter has to be Clive Gregson who is a fine player and singer too. Basically I am in awe of most players as my playing is fairly basic. The above mentioned have caused me to "have a bash" and in doing so I have had a huge amount of fun. Gregson can be a 'showy' player but most of us stuff is really not the difficult. A lot of DADGAD and Open D.
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Post by slasher on May 16, 2017 13:32:30 GMT
Andy, it depends on your definition of "difficult"! For example I regularly play at seven sessions per month where a total of 12/14 guitarists take part. None of them play in anything other than standard tuning, so anything in DADGAD or open D would be considered not just difficult but impossible without some serious learning. Some years ago Clive Gregson emailed some songs to me at my request, they were all based on standard tuning.
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Post by andyhowell on May 16, 2017 19:11:52 GMT
Andy, it depends on your definition of "difficult"! For example I regularly play at seven sessions per month where a total of 12/14 guitarists take part. None of them play in anything other than standard tuning, so anything in DADGAD or open D would be considered not just difficult but impossible without some serious learning. Some years ago Clive Gregson emailed some songs to me at my request, they were all based on standard tuning. Yeah - he does use standard a lot but he does de-tune from time to time as well.
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Post by NikGnashers on May 17, 2017 16:35:10 GMT
For me, it's Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Paul Simon & even Syb Barret. I also like Tommy Emmanuel, and in fact, due to his influence I can play exactly like him ....... cough cough.......
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Post by 007 on May 17, 2017 17:04:47 GMT
Don Maclean songwriting Leonard Cohen lyrics and phrasing and leftfield songs The Shadows Instrumentals Kriss Kristofferson Lyrics Grufness Buddy Holly Enthusiasm Jake Thackeray, Tom Lehrer, Fred Wedlock, Humour and satire in songs and nothing is off limits e.g. Taking the p.... out of Religion (Vatican City Rag) Men Dressing as woman (Sister Josephine) Woody Guthrie,( Plane crash at Los Gatos) Buffy St Marie,(Universal Soldier) Barry Maguire (Eve of Destruction) Ultimate protest songs all of which are entirely relevant today
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Post by ocarolan on May 17, 2017 22:12:51 GMT
.................... Kriss Kristofferson Lyrics Grufness....................... Love it! Keith
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Post by andyhowell on May 18, 2017 7:14:42 GMT
Don Maclean songwriting Leonard Cohen lyrics and phrasing and leftfield songs The Shadows Instrumentals Kriss Kristofferson Lyrics Grufness Buddy Holly Enthusiasm Jake Thackeray, Tom Lehrer, Fred Wedlock, Humour and satire in songs and nothing is off limits e.g. Taking the p.... out of Religion (Vatican City Rag) Men Dressing as woman (Sister Josephine) Woody Guthrie,( Plane crash at Los Gatos) Buffy St Marie,(Universal Soldier) Barry Maguire (Eve of Destruction) Ultimate protest songs all of which are entirely relevant today Don Maclean is an under-rated songwriter I think. Oddly — or not — I can see all of those influences in your stuff Paul — well, maybe with the exception of the Shadows!
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Post by jackorion on May 24, 2017 11:49:28 GMT
Bert Jansch and The Beatles.
Lots of other stuff as well but if I'm ever stuck in a rut, listening to both of those seems to 'reset' my creativity...
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Post by fatfingerjohn on May 24, 2017 13:32:47 GMT
Whilst I enjoy solo instrumentals its the combination with the lyric and arrangement that gets me when its just got that extra something. My main phase was pretty much some of the favourite/mainstream mentioned by lots of others, including Dylan, James Taylor, Tom Paxton, Fairport, Thompson (some of), Denny (all of),Carole King, Lindisfarne, Paul Simon, Jim Croce, Artisan to name but a few.
But throughout the last 50 years there is one outstanding talent lyrically, arrangement, chord usage, meaning and everything that's good for me and that's Gordon Lightfoot. His poetic lyrics are matched by his unusual chord progressions, key changes and moodiness in many of his pieces and his simple writing in others. The more I listen the better it gets. I know I bang on about him but if you listen to this (lesser known) track for the subtle arrangement and chord usage you might see what I mean. You can just hear the one note that starts the song continuing unbroken throughout in the background which holds the whole thing together throughout the progressions, keys changes etc. Stunning. And the lyrics are poetic.
FFJ
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