Accoustical Guitar

okiepolkie
okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
edited October 2006 in Music & Movies
Can anyone give me any good suggestions for some accoustical guitar artists? I enjoy the sound of the instrument, but am ignorant as what/who is good.
Thanks for the help.
Tschüss
Zach
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  • etrigan
    etrigan Posts: 160
    edited October 2004
    Greetings!

    Just a few to start:

    Al Di Meola
    Paco De Lucia
    John McLaughlin

    And a "Must Have" album for acoustic- "Friday Night in San Francisco" featuring all three of these excellent musicians.
    This album is AMAZING! I cannot recommend this any more highly.
    IMHO-anyone who is slightly interested in acoustic guitar MUST
    own this.

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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited October 2004
    Thanks for the recommendations. I will take a look at some of these over the next few months. What do I need to look for out of these recordings?
    I will be listening to them on LSi7's. Will this help or hurt my listening experience with these artists?
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited October 2004
    Ditto on Paco de Lucia. For classical guitar, I'd recommend Elliot Fisk, John Williams, and Andres Segovia.

    Steve Hackett has done some pretty good solo work too in the last few years.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2004
    Originally posted by okiepolkie
    Thanks for the recommendations. I will take a look at some of these over the next few months. What do I need to look for out of these recordings?
    I will be listening to them on LSi7's. Will this help or hurt my listening experience with these artists?


    The 7's are great for this type of music, they are just missing a little in the guitar "thump" region (Where the musician uses the body of the guitar as a drum).
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  • tonyv1
    tonyv1 Posts: 365
    edited October 2004
    Michael Hedges "Aerial Boundaries"
    Alex De Grassi " Clockwork"
    Also check out Hawaiian Slack Key guitar music.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2004
    M. Ward - Transfigurations of Vincent
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited October 2004
    Pat Metheny - One Quiet Night
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited October 2004
    Don't know if you're a Led Zeppelin fan, but their first and third albums have quite a bit of acousitc guitar-work. Not sure if you're looking for strictly solo instrumental albums, but again, Zeppelin has some good stuff peppered thruout their albums, but 1&3 seem to have the most to me.
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  • hamzahsh
    hamzahsh Posts: 439
    edited October 2004
    PETER WHITE:

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    listen some of the clips of these 2 CDs of Peter White. You'll love it.!
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited October 2004
    Check this guy out. Amazing range of sounds. Great anytime music.
    Here's a link to Amazon, where you can listen to some samples. Just click on the album, then more details, and there should be a playlist.

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000HY7T/qid=1097671338/sr=2-3/ref=pd_ka_b_2_3/102-6240701-2556160


    enjoy,

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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited October 2004
    Check out some of Stanley Jordan's work. His earlier work is quite remarkable. There is a disclaimer on his 1st album which states that there were no overdubs on the recording. It was just him and a microphone.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2004
    I really enjoy Dave Alvin--Blackjack David a SACD it is a Hybrid disc so you do not have to have a SACD to listen to it. He is a Folk singer/guitar picker, a sort of male Joan Baez, I find his songs amusing, he sings about life and times in the USA the grit of things so to speak, his guitar picking is outstanding.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited October 2004
    Justin King - Way on the wild side of the instument, but I got to give him credit for the creativity and blazing his own path of how to differentiate himself from others.

    He wowed crowds last year as the warmup for Diana Krall on her tour.

    Pretty amazing!



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  • pmckeealaska
    pmckeealaska Posts: 808
    edited October 2004
    Ditto on the Friday Night in San Francisco CD......simply AWESOME. Another great acoustical guitarist is Leo Kotke. His CD "Six and Twelve String Acoustical Guitar" is a classic.
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  • NuckingFuts
    NuckingFuts Posts: 77
    edited October 2004
    I'll add support for the Di Meola, McL, Lucia trio......boyz can play!!

    Some suggestions from other ends of the pool:

    1)Eric Clapton Unplugged
    2)Gypsy Kings
    3)Strunz & Farrah (or anything latin jazz for that matter)
    4)Barrios (Columbian classical at its best)
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited October 2004
    Ben Harper,
    love his stuff and it sounds amazing ...this album tells me my system is set up properly
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2004
    I absolutely LOVE listening to my Eric Clapton CD - Unplugged. I imagine most of his stuff would be pretty good. Also, I *believe* James Taylor has some guitar in some of his music.

    I'm gonna have to check out some of the artists suggested here.
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  • Bonham
    Bonham Posts: 87
    edited October 2004
    Santana has some nice stuff. And someone people rarely think off...
    Charo? :D
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited October 2004
    I've given several of these a listen on Amazon over the last few days. Some of them I'll probably buy the CD's unless download quality gets better. I don't mind downloads for popular tunes, but I want a lot of detail and clarity in this type of music.
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2004
    Charo is great on the acoustic guitar....no kidding.

    But I am thinking of another female guitarist....Liona Boyd. While her music is mostly classical, she did release an album called "Persona" that also featured Eric Clapton, David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd), Yo-Yo Ma, and the late Michael Kamen.
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited December 2004
    I picked up Andres Segovia: The Baroque Guitar, at a used cd place last week. I like it very much. It is an older cd, but the digital remaster sounds very good on my LSi7's. I'll get a few of these artists at a time to develop my accoustical guitar appreciation over a longer period. Hope the list started here has helped others also.

    Zach
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited December 2004
    Check out:
    Armik
    Artmor Liebert (sp?)
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited December 2004
    Just like to support the De Lucia and Kotke recommendations.

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  • RobXant
    RobXant Posts: 201
    edited December 2004
    Here is a bump for Leo Kotke. He is a great musician and a great person. I worked it out with him to get up on stage and propose to my wife during one of his shows. One of his techs dubbed the show and gave me the bootleg tape afterwards. She said yes, btw.

    Also be sure to check out:
    -Mike Hedges (died to soon!) "Live on the Double Planet" this will blow you mind ,
    -William Ackerman, anything by him
    -Ani Difranco's live album "Living in Trip" is great accoustic urban folk stuff.
    -Ricardo Cobo "Guitar Lullaby",
    -Paco De Lucia "Cositas Buenas".
    -Marc Antoine "Urban Gypsy" - not pure accoustic, and a bit new age, but good stuff.
    -Bruce Springsteen "Nebraska" One man album, he recorded it at home on a 4-track. Only vocals, guitar and harmonica.
    -Bruce Cockburn "Live"
    -Ben Harper "Fight for your Mind"

    As far as great LSi7 music, you might also check out Jeff Buckley's studio album, Grace, is pretty laid back, though not acoustic guitar, it really pulls you in. Also, look into Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (died right on time), the boy could sing and has about 900 albums to prove it!
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited September 2006
    flason wrote:
    Check out some of Stanley Jordan's work. His earlier work is quite remarkable. There is a disclaimer on his 1st album which states that there were no overdubs on the recording. It was just him and a microphone.

    Stanley Jordan is nothing short of amazing. You almost have to watch and see him play just the one guitar to fully believe and comprehend what you are hearing.
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    SCompRacer Posts: 8,511
    edited September 2006
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited September 2006
    Haven't looked at this thread in a loooooong time.

    It did prove helpful, and I have enjoyed Mr. Segovia on the 7's a good bit.
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited September 2006
    Believe it or not, Charo's new album is really nice.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited September 2006
    Another good one, both in terms of recording and program, is anything from the Tone Poems series on Acoustic Disc. Each of the series highlights a different acoustical instrument played by world class players.

    http://acousticdisc.com/acd_html/1.html
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited September 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Stanley Jordan is nothing short of amazing. You almost have to watch and see him play just the one guitar to fully believe and comprehend what you are hearing.

    Ditto on Stanley Jordan, Kotke, and Govi. Otmar Leibert flamenco music. Any album. The master of flamenco. Stanley plays electric but it sounds like acoustic. I have seen him live several times but I don't recall an acoustic, but maybe I'm mistaken. In any event, his style is super silky smooth and in the realm. Any work featuring Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac on acoustic. Awesome.
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