Speaking of slow acoustic guitar players, anybody hip to Egberto Gismonti?
he can really play slow and beautiful and then blaze away as well
he played an 8 string guitar in 1975!!
HIs early ECM stuff is wonderful Dancas das Cabasas (or something like that!) LOL is a good place to start.
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Jeff D <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote:
From: Jeff D <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fahey
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 3:41 PM
This looks cool, I can hardly wait!
j
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Fahey
" I got to see John somewhere in the 90's ............. he's playing these beautiful sssllllloooooowwww pieces......."
I was convinced in the 70s that Fahey was trying to prove he could play slower than any other guitar player,I think he succeeded,he could play much slower than anyone else I've ever heard. It's much more difficult to play an acoustic guitar slowly than an electric guitar fast. Being musical in either case is the big challege and Fahey's slow stuff could have this deeply in the moment sort of beauty,almost Japanese.
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