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Accoustic guitar recommendations please...

Started by alistairm, Oct 27 2010 08:28 PM

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#46 Vitruvian

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 04:47 PM

Rodrigo y Gabriela


+1 and the multi-lingual Gabriela is a hottie :)

They are also spectacular live.
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Posted 09 December 2011 - 04:52 PM

Not really an acoustic only guy but I've always been a huge fan of Stephen Stills's acoustic guitar playing. The acoustic live version of Black Queen on my CSN box set sends chills up my spine every time I hear it. Also love "4+20" and his version of Blackbird.

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Posted 11 December 2011 - 10:53 PM

Gordon Giltrap will blow your **** off. Check out Fear of the Dark

Another fan here for:

Craig Chacquico
Armik
Earl Klugh (first few are good but the latter ones sound samey after a while)
Jesse Cook
Govi
Martin Simpson
Michael Hedges
Leo Kottke
Tomy Emmanuel is hard to beat
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Bert Jansch
John Renbourne
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Posted 12 December 2011 - 07:18 AM

Acoustic Alchemy....most of their stuff is REALLY good!!!!!

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 01:15 PM

Larry Coryell - Standing Ovation

the best

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 09:54 PM

Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises (beautiful pensive lyrics and superb guitar work)

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Superb! New to me. Thanks.

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Posted 14 December 2011 - 04:00 PM

Superb! New to me. Thanks.


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Posted 14 December 2011 - 09:07 PM

Goran Sollscher - Here, There And Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles. Great transcriptions, successful when so many classical pop albums don't work so well
Julian bream - granados and albeniz album from the early 80s
John Fahey - the great Santa Barbara oil slick
John Williams' first all Barrios recording
Look up mats bergstrom - I have two very interesting albums of his although can't remember the titles off hand
Robert Fripp string quintet - the bridge between - Fripp with the Californian guitar trio and Trey Gunn
And a bit left of field perhaps - Nigel North - Bach on the lute 4 CD set - fantastic transcriptions, recordings and performances

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Posted 14 December 2011 - 09:33 PM

Just got this lovely acoustic guitar CD the other day. Apparently it's been popular and selling well. It's actually a 2 disc release, the second being a DVD.

More info here: http://www.milosguitar.com/

You could say it's my self-titled album! (nah, I'm better looking).


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Posted 15 December 2011 - 04:48 PM

José González


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Posted 13 January 2012 - 03:59 PM



There is an album called Krushevo by Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav Tadic
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 06:10 PM

oh, I forgot, this is well recorded one as well:

Acoustic Live - Nils Lofgren


+1, awesome recording too.

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 07:27 PM

I second this suggestion: Michael Hedges recorded for the Windham Hill label. All his albums are divine, with gorgeous compositions played on his oddball self designed guitar-thingies. His live album even includes some vocals. It is called LIVE ON A DOUBLE PLANET. But as a taster, go for'Aerial Boundaries', an album of almost unbearable beauty. Michael died in an auto accident several years ago. I could not listen to his music for a long time, as it was like his soul and spirit laid bare, living on, and it stirred up real feelings of loss in me. I have returned to it recently, and bask in it's radiance. Howling, Dingo.

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:48 AM

Friday night in San Francisco...Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia. live. A must have!

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 06:33 PM

This is from Pat Metheny's favourite ECM record - Solstice - Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Jon Christiansen



Ralph is one of my favourite musicians, let alone (acoustic) guitarists. Almost anything by him is a recorded treasure and he has been recording for more than 40 years.
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#61 rantan

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 06:38 PM

I will keep it simple and say that basically anything played/ recorded by Tommy Emmanuel is virtuoso standard IMHO.

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 08:54 PM

Anything Christy Moore - Christy isn't a bad guitarist, and Declan Sinnott plays a good guitar too imho.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 03:36 PM

Anything Christy Moore - Christy isn't a bad guitarist, and Declan Sinnott plays a good guitar too imho.

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Same goes for Christy Moore's brother, Luka Bloom. I hadn't really picked that up from his recordings, but saw him live at Womadelaide last year (or the year before, I lose track). He was pretty good, definitely worth seeing live.
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Posted 14 March 2012 - 07:00 PM

I will keep it simple and say that basically anything played/ recorded by Tommy Emmanuel is virtuoso standard IMHO.


Hey Rantan, you should try & get hold of Joe Robinson's, "Time Jumpin'", cd. Joe was Tommy's protege from age 13 & Time Jumpin was recorded when Joe was 17. It is solo acoustic guitar with one track a duet with Tommy. Tommy reckons that Joe is now better than him. Joe is now living & working in Nashville. Check out the youtube clips. I'm a fan because he's just a local bush kid & his parents are friends of mine. Joe is a gifted freak on the guitar. Voted best new talent in the Guitar Player magazine in 2010.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 07:04 PM

Wow, that's great Mikey. I will make sure I check Joe's music out thoroughly. Do you know if the CD is readily available?:)

Thanks very much for the heads up.:):)

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 07:19 PM

Mate, not sure. His new record is a very commercial effort, with him singing his self penned songs & a band. Plays a mix of electric & acoustic axe. It's called, "Let Me Introduce You". I think his management & the Nashville environment wants him to have broader appeal. But Time Jumpin' is truly incredible.

http://joerobinson.com/

A very commercial yankee website but who can begrudge the kid making money

http://shop.abc.net....cts/time-jumpin

locally available.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 07:25 PM

Thanks for that mate.

I will pick up a copy of "Time Jumpin" ASAP.

Cheers.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 08:20 PM

Same goes for Christy Moore's brother, Luka Bloom. I hadn't really picked that up from his recordings, but saw him live at Womadelaide last year (or the year before, I lose track). He was pretty good, definitely worth seeing live.


I need to get into Luka. So much music, so little time!

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 08:25 PM

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