The Pagemeister Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 What's It All About—a solo acoustic album from guitarist and composer Pat Metheny—on June 14, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missytootsweet Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Steve Howe is a suberb lead guitarst acoustic, or otherwise in my opinion! (psst, the others in the band are pretty impressive too!)............. missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) Felt the need to include this beauty by Queen. IMHO, this song is a real classic! Brian May sure does a good job, if you ask me! It's from their 1975 album - "A Night At The Opera". Edited May 8, 2011 by Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reswati Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 This one is freaky, since he plays the percussion on the guitar as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 ^^^^^^^^ I like ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 This one is freaky, since he plays the percussion on the guitar as well. Kaki King (who I saw open for David Lindley a few years ago) also uses her guitar more as a percussive instrument than as an actual guitar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Speaking of Mr. Lindley, here he is with Wally Ingram. Nice Jimmy Page reference here as well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missytootsweet Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 David Crosby and Graham Nash........ I couldn't pick only one clip, these guys are too good! ............ missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 http://youtu.be/FP7J8ONfIfs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Eric Clapton Acoustic-Outside Woman Blues.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oarej9z--E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelfDevouringSnake Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) The first person to come to my mind is Chet Atkins. Just wonderful fingerpicked melodic lines. Steve Morse is unbelievably talented on acoustic. Here's a demonstration of an unplugged Dixie Dregs song (also fingerstyle). Django Reinhardt, the idiosyncratic swing/gypsy-jazz master, was an acoustic player whose work has had a notable impact on electric players. I'm not really familiar with many acoustic-oriented players (e.g. Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, and Tommy Emmanuel), but that seems worth bringing up in this context. There are countless acoustic players in blues, jazz, classical, flamenco, country, folk, Hawaiian music, and Celtic music who, although not respected as "guitar gods", are masters of their respective style. And acoustic guitar tends to be the instrument of choice for the emerging singer-songwriter, or so I see it. Among rock guitarists, you can find some who are worth listening to on acoustic guitar. Jimmy Page's work in the DADGAD tuning (see "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side") is awesome. Plenty more great acoustic playing in standard tuning as well, and "Stairway to Heaven" is supplemented by acoustic guitar in the beginning. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of Pantera was cool on acoustic (see the beginning of "Cemetery Gates"). Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains is a haunting, mostly acoustic EP with subtle playing by Jerry Cantrell (good examples would be "Rotten Apple" and "Nutshell". Edited May 14, 2011 by SelfDevouringSnake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 The first person to come to my mind is Chet Atkins. Just wonderful fingerpicked melodic lines. Steve Morse is unbelievably talented on acoustic. Here's a demonstration of an unplugged Dixie Dregs song (also fingerstyle). Django Reinhardt, the idiosyncratic swing/gypsy-jazz master, was an acoustic player whose work has had a notable impact on electric players. Looks like you were using the Link button to try to post those clips. If you use the one labeled "Media" it'll do the trick. Among rock guitarists, you can find some who are worth listening to on acoustic guitar. Jimmy Page's work in the DADGAD tuning (see "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side") is awesome. Plenty more great acoustic playing in standard tuning as well, and "Stairway to Heaven" is supplemented by acoustic guitar in the beginning. Not sure if you've ever heard Whatever Happened To Jugula? by Roy Harper and Jimmy Page or not but there's some very fine acoustic picking on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missytootsweet Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I know my pal Kiwi already posted a Zep song, but in this clip you can both see and hear how beautifully Jimmy plays acoustic guitar....... Jimmy Page can do it all, and do it better than anyone else too, imo!......... missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelfDevouringSnake Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Looks like you were using the Link button to try to post those clips. If you use the one labeled "Media" it'll do the trick. Not sure if you've ever heard Whatever Happened To Jugula? by Roy Harper and Jimmy Page or not but there's some very fine acoustic picking on there. Yeah that's what I did, then I tried to edit it so that just the links appeared. Thanks though. I'm not familiar with any of Page's post-Led Zeppelin work excluding several live guest appearances and his involvement in It Might Get Loud, but I will check out that album. It's about time I start to look at his work beyond Led Zeppelin. How could I forget YouTube guitar sensation Andy McKee? Here's a sample of his composition "Drifting". McKee is one of the acoustic genre dudes in the vain of Michael Hedges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missytootsweet Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6K8wfyzAJQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6hKgBir2y8&feature=related Two of the prettiest pieces of acoustic music you'll ever come across, in my opinion. Simply stunning! ......missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missytootsweet Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Tina Dico playing an acoustic version of her song with Zero 7, "Home." Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=G-1UXwARCLw&feature=YouTube_gdata_player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUK Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The inimitable Nuno! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUK Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) And of course... Stop and Think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxiD4tBW_xw&feature=related Edited June 30, 2011 by BUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 This is about 10 min. long, but it is an amazing acoustic piece! http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=ZZd3BQgFpo8&feature=YouTube_gdata_player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 It's Friday and I can finally relax for the week, love James Taylor:-) James Taylor - Fire and Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txj9Y-OIia4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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