Acoustic Guitar Player

Matthews Southern Comfort Youtube Woodstock

tony hogan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:43:40 +0000

Here’s a version of the Joni Mitchell tune Woodstock by the very melodic band Matthews Southern Comfort. This was recorded in the early seventies and is very musical sounding. A trip down memory lane for some people, it’s different to the Crosby Stills Nash version and also to the original by Joni. I love the harmony in the chorus.

For more beautiful seventies tunes check out Joni Mitchell

Phil Keaggy Youtube Acoustic guitar Video

tony hogan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:37:48 +0000

Many people are familiar with the great acousrtic guitar player Phil Keaggy. For those that do not know his playing, it will be a treat to be introduced to a player of his standard. This youtube guitar video is of Phil playing an instrumental called Count Down.

For other Phil Keaggy giutar vids, check out Phil Keaggy

Martin Taylor Guitar Tutorial Video

tony hogan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:43:55 +0000

Martin Taylor is one of the worlds great jazz guitar player, he is a master of solo chordal arrangements, chord substitutions, improvisations and counterpoint. In this video, he is playing the music of the song Stella by Starlight

Martin Taylor – The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen

Also I was forwarded this link to a Martin Taylor tutorial which you may be interested in. Learning to play various styles is a great way to expand your musicality, check it out

Go to the Martin Taylor Website

Jackie Marshall Youtube RockWiz

tony hogan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:31:06 +0000

Jackie Marshall is a Brisbane based acoustic folk country songwriter who tours the Australian music circuit. This youtube video is from when Jackie was a guest on the Australian music show, Rockwiz

I recently performed at the same venue as Jacki, she has an exceptional voice, and is willing to chances ‘ in the moment’ with voice improvisations, there’s elements of Jazz , blues in her music as well as folk country, a totally unique performer and very real. A fantastic live act.

Check out Jackie on MySpace Jackie Marshall

Jackie Marshall website Jackie Marshall

Doc Watson Youtube Guitar Lesson

tony hogan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:11:14 +0000

Here’s Doc Watson playing and teaching a Bluegrass Flatpicking tune called Salt Creek with the host Steve Kaufman, Steve is also an exceptional flatpicker who has written very high quality guitar educational material.

For more great acoustic guitar Tony Rice

Julian Bream and Stephane Grapelli Youtube

tony hogan — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:09:59 +0000

Guitar players and jazz enthusists will find this youtube video very interesting. Julian Bream, one of the great emotive classical guitar players teaming up with Stephane Grapelli, the great jazz violinist playing the tune Nuages by Django Reinhardt.

Check out Martin Taylor who also played with Stephane Martin Taylor Youtube Video

Bluegrass Flatpicking Youtube

tony hogan — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:55:59 +0000

Here’s a great Acoustic guitar Youtube video of three Bluegrass players playing dreadnought guitars it was introduced to me by Australian Guitarist Steve Gadd, the video is of Keeny Smith, Wyatt Rice and David Grier. This is a fantastic example of fluency in flatpicking and improvisation around a theme.

Check out Tony Rice

Antoine Dufour New Website

tony hogan — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:23:45 +0000

Of interest to those readers who like contemporary acoustic guitar players who can actually play their instruments, there is a new Anoine Dufour site up. If you don’t know this fantastic acoustic guitar open tuning player you are in for a real treat. Apart from playing with all the taps, artificial harmonics and other percussive noises, Antoine plays very melodically.

Here is Antoine Dufour on Youtube playing fingerstyle guitar

Click now to go to the Official Antoine Dufour Website

Joe Pass Semi Acoustic Youtube

tony hogan — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:55:28 +0000

Not all acoustic guitar players are familiar with the great jazz guitarist Joe Pass (1929 – 1994) so I thought it would be a good idea to add a video of him playing his trademark solo semi acoustic guitar. An interesting thing about Joe Pass when you watch his instructional videos is he says he only thinks two chords, the one and five, although he plays very complex substitutions, chord voicings and improvisations, his underlying thinking is very simple.

Check out Martin Taylor

Don Maclean – Youtube

tony hogan — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:41:17 +0000

Don MacLean as you would probably know made it successful in the seventies. What I really liked about this acoustic guitar youtube video of him was the way his guitar playing has matured and also his voice. His playing is very solid. This is probably my favourite Don MacLean song, the guitar part is quite beautiful and a good lesson for solo singeracoustic guitarists in how a good guitar arrangement can make a piece of music sound complete with just guityar and voice. Listen to all the moving parts, it’s tremendous.

“And I will not be part of her cocktail generation”

And here’s Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull doing a version of his acoustic song Wondering Aloud