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Subject: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,jfalk68 Date: 10 Jun 03 - 04:43 PM What is your favorite accoustic arrangement by a guitar God? A few come to mind: Clapton and his unplugged record… Jimmy page – lots of songs to choose from there… the accoustic intro to Hotel California on the Eagles Hell Freezes Over disc… and I think of Paul Simon as an accoustic guitar God, but I think most people think of his lyrics rather than his guitar playing. I'll add more as I think of them, but feel free to help me recall great accoustic arrangements and add some of your influences. In fact, I think it would be awesome to compile a list of the greatest accoustic performances of all time, so we can all have the 'perfect' list. That way, I can finally remember what it was I wanted to get next time I'm at the damn store or downloading song files. |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: alanabit Date: 11 Jun 03 - 02:08 AM I like Jamnes Taylor's guitar player alongside Joni Mitchell's dulcimer on "A Case Of You". I also like Bert Jansch's simple, but very effective guitar on "Rosemary Lane". I think it's more about making good choices of what notes you pick rather than being flashy and getting lots of notes in. |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,jfalk68 Date: 11 Jun 03 - 06:49 PM I always liked Jimmy Page's accoustic 12-string part on "Nobody's Fault But Mine" on their "No Quarter" project. I can't remember if that was a VHS tape or a DVD. Probably a tape at the time. Which reminds me, they have a 3-disc CD and 2-disc DVD set out of their live performances that I need to get. I have never seen them live, so I thought this was a great idea. (http://www.ledzeppelin.com/) |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,Val Date: 11 Jun 03 - 08:36 PM New Scorpion Band's arrangement of 'Why Soldier Why' on the CD of the same name - it's a stunner! Quite simply breathtaking. |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,Rodentred Date: 11 Jun 03 - 11:02 PM How about Canadeeio or Annachie Gordon by Nic Jones ? |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: alanabit Date: 12 Jun 03 - 03:16 AM Got me thinking there Rodentred. I saw Nic Jones back in the seventies, although I can't remember any individual songs. One of the most stunning arrangements I heard in a folk club was Downes and Beer's version of Leon Rosselson's "Across the Hills". It showed just how much you can do with two acoustic instruments and two voices. |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST Date: 12 Jun 03 - 03:58 AM Martin Simpson's version of "I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore". On the album Grinning In Your Face. Superb!! Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: Don Firth Date: 12 Jun 03 - 12:30 PM And now for something a little different. . . . Richard Dyer-Bennet's guitar accompaniment to The Joys of Love (on his own label, #1, reissued on Smithsonian-Folkways). This is not the version that Joan Baez sings, it's his own excellent English translation of the original Giovanni Martini (1741-1816) art song, Plaisir D'Amour, from which the Joan Baez version was derived. Dyer-Bennet's arrangement is one of the best classic guitar accompaniments I have ever heard. Flowing arpeggios, use of pedal point (repeated bass note at times), and lines of counterpoint with the voice. It's quite complex and ornate, yet it is integral with the song; the combination of song and guitar seem to be all of one piece. Not folky. But Dyer-Bennet's arrangement is a nearly ideal example of using the guitar to accompany an art song. Like him or not, Richard Dyer-Bennet was one helluva musician. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: Benjamin Date: 12 Jun 03 - 04:28 PM Dan Crary's arrangement of Bonaparts Retreat. |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,jfalk68 Date: 12 Jun 03 - 05:17 PM I still haven't even figured out how Paul Simon plays the intro on "The Boxer". I got the rest of the song figured out, but that intro is tricky! |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: Benjamin Date: 13 Jun 03 - 01:59 AM I must admit, That intro is tricky! A transcription in tab can be found here. I still haven't really tried to get it yet, but have some free time now. Good Luck BMW |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,Cittern Date: 13 Jun 03 - 01:40 PM Well I have reasons to be biased but Julie Ellison's "Ragtime Romance", a ragtime version of "Romance", instantly springs to mind along with Woody Mann's "Cat Burglar". "Cat Burglar" has to be the most evocative piece of guitar music I've ever heard, you feel like you ought to be going home to check the window locks almost as soon as he begins to play it! Useful links: http://www.woodymann.com http://www.julieellison.co.uk In fact "Ragtime Romance" is included in the samples page at http://www.julieellison.co.uk/samples.shtml |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST,Sean Date: 16 Jun 03 - 11:42 AM Paul Brady- Arthur McBride |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: GUEST Date: 16 Jun 03 - 03:17 PM Burke and O'Dohmnaill' version of "Lord Franklin" from their album, Promenade Skivee |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: Art Thieme Date: 16 Jun 03 - 03:55 PM "Goodbye Old Paint" -- Vocal with double and triple stop chorded fiddle backup as done on the Library Of Congress Archive Of Folksong LP SONGS OF THE WEST ---- sung and played by Jess Morris --- in Dallas Texas---1942 --- recorded by John Lomax And to my mind this is number one by a huge amount ! Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Your favorite accoustic arrangement From: Phil Cooper Date: 16 Jun 03 - 04:18 PM Martin Carthy's playing on Famous Flower of Serving Men, Richard Thompson's Vincent 52, Dick Gaughan's Willie O' Winsbury (or Gipsie Laddies, if you want flashy). In a more contemporary folk style, Mary McCaslin's Music Strings. To my ear the perfect acoustic guitar medley is David Bromberg's Yankee's Revenge. |
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