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Post by Onechordtrick on Nov 15, 2019 14:18:38 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. Coincidentally I downloaded Steve Hackett's "Bay of Kings" earlier in the week; as you say great stuff. I'm also a fan of Steve Howe's acoustic work.
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Post by curmudgeon on Nov 15, 2019 18:17:46 GMT
I d love to know the acoustic players that people are either inspired by or a fan of. The world is littered with electric guitar players and normally if you ask any average person they could name two or three guitar players they like. I bet 95% would name an electric player. I like a te a lot of acoustic blues and singer songwriting stuff and I think I like the songs more than the players. So please educate me.With electric players I feel I can identify a player by the tone and style ( BB King, kosoff, Peter green as examples ) but less so with acoustic players.
I think that there are two separate question here :
for me the guitarists that inspired me were :
1. Tom Rush - I saw him do a spot at the Cambridge folk Fest in the early '60s and whist watching him I changed my mind about my future musical direction. Because of that 40 minutes or so, I changed from being a pretty succesful drummer in R&B, Blues and soul bands - to a singer guitarist.
2. Isaac Guillory - A very talented songsmith and musician who showed me how to "deliver" a song and how to make it my own. He also lent me his D35-S changing my guitar preferences ...for life.
3. Darrell Scott - A truly inspiring musician, songwriter and story teller. I had the great good fortune to spend a week with him on a sngwriting course at Sorefingers some years ago. somewhere I've got a sound file of him backing me on one of my songs.
At the same place I also met and heard Grant Gordy, and his very personal jazzy stylings when playng bluegrassy stuff.
Eli West : First saw him with Cahalen Morrison, a wondrous duo - Eli's solos just don't go where you'd expect them to go, and I've never quite worked out how/what he does - but I like it!
Finally - Trey Hensley. Great singer and can find one or two strumming chords : I can almost forgive him for playing this Taylor as when we met he was playing his Wayne Henderson D18.
Then there's the folk who I'm a fan of - and I'd have to say at the top of my list is Guy Clark - RIP - not the greatest guitarist nor even singer but what he did -he did par excellence! I met him twice - and he let me play this Heiden jumbo - boy it REALLY needed a set up! A real gent and a great songwriter and teller of tales.
BTW - his sideman for many years was Verlon Dam' Thompson - and this is his solo version of that same song.
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Post by andyhowell on Nov 16, 2019 9:29:48 GMT
Great list curmudgeon. Although I never met Guy Clark I’d agree. I’ve never met Darrell Scott either (or seen him live) but he’s one of my favourite songwriters - Steve Knightly on this side of the pond. At the moment I always have to mention Richard Shindell.
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Post by curmudgeon on Dec 5, 2019 14:38:55 GMT
I have met Mr Knightley - a number of times. We don't talk.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 6, 2019 3:09:44 GMT
Many of the above and I have to repeat a special mention for the only person I’ve ever had a one to one lesson with, 3 hours one afternoon in December 1987 that changed my life musically, Martin Simpson.
I’ve attended his last 2 weekend workshops. I can only urge anyone thinking about it to come along. A highlight of the year and unforgettable.
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 6, 2019 8:31:11 GMT
Many of the above and I have to repeat a special mention for the only person I’ve ever had a one to one lesson with, 3 hours one afternoon in December 1987 that changed my life musically, Martin Simpson. I’ve attended his last 2 weekend workshops. I can only urge anyone thinking about it to come along. A highlight of the year and unforgettable. True!
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Post by papadon on Jan 21, 2020 21:15:48 GMT
John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, Townes VanZandt, Steven Stills, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Jan 22, 2020 0:14:37 GMT
Lots of the above plus Martin Simpson and Clive Carroll. Then there’s Will Ackerman, Molly Tuttle, Tony Furtado, Al Sato, Bonnie Raitt, Chris J Hillman, Stephen Fearing, Eric Weissberg, my late great friend Steve Hawkins, Paul Metsers, Joan Baez, early Dylan, Jonny Moss.
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Post by skipellis on Jan 26, 2020 3:55:41 GMT
Many: Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Eddie Pennington, Tony Rice, Eric Skye, Comer 'Moon' Mullins, Wayne Henderson, Davis Holt, Davy Graham, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Dave Van Ronk, John Renbourn, Stephen Wake, and a bunch of others.
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Post by hughesy on Jan 26, 2020 12:25:17 GMT
I think nearly all of my favourite acoustic guitar players have been mentioned including Pierre Bensusan, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.
A couple of musicians I don't think I have seen mentioned yet who I love:
Dick Gaughan
Paul Brady
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Post by thewanderer on Jan 26, 2020 12:25:41 GMT
Being new to this realm, I don't really have any favourites. My historical exposure to acoustic music has been the occasional acoustic track by people who generally use electric instruments turned up to 11 I'm enjoying sampling the many clips and artists that members here keep uploading, and I'm sure I'll have found some new favourites in a year or two of your company.
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