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2008年02月09日
American Primitive Guitar: Wayfaring Strangers
Last month I visited Tower Records in Namba with no plans to buy anything-just to take a look around. However, I ended up finding a really great CD of American Primitive Guitar players. The CD is put out by the Numero Group and the full name is "N 018 Wayfaring Strangers Guitar Soli". It seems that the guy in charge of the 6th floor of Tower Records is an American Primitive Guitar fan and so there was a large pile of these CDs plus you could listen to them on their stereo there. At any rate, this is a great CD-that is all I can say.
It features 14 artists with one guitar tune each and most of the music is from the 70s. Out of the 14 artists there were two that I was very interested in. One was Daniel Hecht. I have been trying for years to get a copy of his CD "Willow" but have never been successful. I knew that he had quit playing the guitar and was now a successful author but I had no idea why he quit. In the booklet that comes with this CD I read that he came down with psoraisis. I have never heard of this sicknes before but when he played the guitar it took all the skin off of his hands and left them a bloody mess. Needless to say, he gave up the guitar.
The other artist I was interested in was Mark Lang. I have been a long time fan of the Minneapolis based guitarist, Peter Lang. However I did not know that his younger brother, Mark, was also a guitarist.Peter is still playing today but it seems that Mark decided to move out of the music business.
At any rate, if you are a long time fan of American Primitive Guitar, I highly recommend this CD. On the other hand, if you have never heard of American Primitive Guitar, this CD would be a great introduction. It comes with a 40 page booklet that not only tells about each one of the artists but also has articles about American Primitive Guitar and Fingerstyle Guitar plus a list of CDs called "Suggested Listening" which features a good cross section of American Primitive Guitar players. Also the articles mention just about anyone and everyone who is important in the American Primitive Guitar and Fingersyle Guitar world. If you can find this CD, give it a listen.
投稿者 bethany : 2008年02月09日 14:51
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Thanks for the heads up!
I finally gave it a listen. Mark Lang's Strawberry Man and Daniel Hecht's Baba Dream Songs have to be the two cuts that stand out, but Dan Lambert's Charleytown is another goddie as well as Scott Witte's Sailors Dream.
I don't usually get to listen to this kind of music,so it sounds even better to me.
Have a nice one.
osamu a.k.a. OSAMU
投稿者 : 2008年02月12日 20:00
Dear Osamu San,
Glad you hear you were able to either buy or download "Wayfaring Strangers". It is a good one. If you enjoyed it, you might also enjoy a CD called "Berkeley Guitar" put out by Tomkins Square. This CD only features three artists but they also a great examples of American Primitive Guitar. At any rate, let us continue to enjoy good guitar music!
As always I am looking forward to seeing you in person in church on Sunday.
In Jesus, Paul
投稿者 Paul Sunde : 2008年02月13日 06:07