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Post by PistolPete on Dec 11, 2017 11:09:18 GMT
Being a blues guy, a lot of my favourite guitarists bounce between electric and acoustic with minimal adjustments to their style - R.L. Burnside, Fred McDowell & Lightnin' Hopkins being the first three that spring to mind.
Discovering Tom Rush's early albums a few years back was a major factor in me swapping to thinking of myself as an 'acoustic' guitarist.
I've loved Kelly Joe Phelps playing for many years.
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Post by jangarrack on Dec 12, 2017 9:24:29 GMT
Good to see some Any Trouble conversation here since I last visited. They were not the sort of band and probably not the sort of music that would normally appeal that much to me, but since discovering them in 80s I remain a huge fan, particularly of their early albums where you hear just the band. You hear a lot of Chris Parks on those tracks and their playing always sounds so tight and together, if that's the right description. I still play those albums loud and often.
Although some of it is very different, I also quite like a lot of the Clive Gregson material since then.
Here's someone else who enjoys a bit of Any Trouble.
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 13, 2017 18:35:14 GMT
Have you seen Any Trouble over the last few years? Just As good live!
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Post by jangarrack on Dec 29, 2017 10:43:46 GMT
Have you seen Any Trouble over the last few years? Just As good live! No, but I would really love to see them though.
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 29, 2017 11:00:14 GMT
They seem to do a pre Christmas tour every other year, next year looks possible.
It is a great line up. Obviously Gregson still leads the band. Parks is there. Phil Barnes is now so in demand for his videos so he's dropped but but has been replaced by Mark Griffiths (Plainsong).on bass. Martin Hughes is rock steady as a drummer.
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Post by jubbo on Dec 30, 2017 22:07:30 GMT
Who remembers the massive 90's song "Jump Around" by House of Pain?
One of those guys Everlast, is quite the player and has some good acoustic stuff.
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Post by Cams on Dec 31, 2017 11:16:47 GMT
Who remembers the massive 90's song "Jump Around" by House of Pain? One of those guys Everlast, is quite the player and has some good acoustic stuff. I saw him live a few years ago, round about when this came out, and he was utterly brilliant.
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Post by jubbo on Dec 31, 2017 11:32:10 GMT
Another interesting one is Raul Midon. Blind and self taught, so he doesn't play in a conventional way.
I have seen him live twice. Amazing. Interestingly the second time was in a church in London and the opening act was a young lady playing acoustic songs, just her voice and her guitar, her name was....Adele!!
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Post by Cams on Dec 31, 2017 14:52:54 GMT
Another interesting one is Raul Midon. Blind and self taught, so he doesn't play in a conventional way. I have the State of Mind album. I can't remember how I found this guy but you're right, he's great!
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Post by ianb on Nov 14, 2019 20:49:51 GMT
As am newbie here I’m checking out some cracking threads here albeit a little older.
A couple of names I’ve not seen mentioned so far and have been directly influencing my playing are Rolly Brown and Cory Seznec.
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Post by minorkey on Nov 14, 2019 21:53:32 GMT
Tommy E, Clapton on acoustic, Jackson Browne, a few others I can't remember the name of
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Post by colins on Nov 15, 2019 10:15:12 GMT
I seem to have missed this thread, but for me it would have to be Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy, Davy Graham, John Renbourne and Francisco Tarrega, did I mention Bert Jansch. Plus my teacher Charles Ramirez. Oh and of course the greatest Mr Robert Johnson.
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Post by Matt Milton on Nov 15, 2019 10:50:23 GMT
Nice to see Martin Carthy cropping up periodically across these pages. He seemed to have a bit of an epiphany in his playing in the early-mid 1970s in which his guitar style really changed. I like his 1960s playing but it doesn't seem all that unique to me, whereas there's a turning point in his career where he seemed to really come into his own, with a more minimalist follow-the-song style. Just playing what's necessary. And never being afraid to leave a pause or a extend bars beyond 4/4 to fit a line of lyrics.
Skip James is another favourite. Lots of space, lovely tone. Spindly and spooky.
The Nick Drake of Pink Moon. Lots of space, lovely tone.
Two blues guitarists I'll mention who I love, just cos no-one else has! Clifford Gibson: (not sure why this YouTube link has a picture of Mississippi John Hurt attached: clearly that's not a picture of Clifford Gibson!)
Archie Edwards:
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Post by skyetripper on Nov 15, 2019 12:48:49 GMT
Another newbie to the forum here, and I may have missed it, but I couldn't see anyone mentioning John Martyn? I have to agree with all of the names listed above (at least the ones I recognize) and also have to say I prefer Clive Carroll to Tommy Emmanuel. A few more left field choices? Mike Oldfield - underrated as an acoustic guitarist, Steve Hackett - did some great stuff on classical guitars mid 80's, Elizabeth Cotten - almost impossible to replicate, Ray Burley - very clever.
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Post by earwighoney on Nov 15, 2019 13:20:08 GMT
I seem to have missed this thread, but for me it would have to be Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy, Davy Graham, John Renbourne and Francisco Tarrega, did I mention Bert Jansch. Plus my teacher Charles Ramirez. Oh and of course the greatest Mr Robert Johnson. I've only been getting into the Jansch, Carthy and Renbourne recently (been a Davey Graham fan for a while now) and aside from appreciated for truly outstanding, creative, inventive guitarists IMO their abilities as singers sometimes gets a little overlooked, Jansch and Carthy are exceptional singers. For the latter the video below is one I keep on returning to (superb fiddle playing as well..)
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