There’s something about acoustic blues guitar that can sooth the soul (at least mine) in ways that no other music can. My upbringing was about as far from the Mississippi Delta as you can get yet I can get lost…
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“Seven Year Twitch” : A Long Strange Trip and The Debut Album of Wire Wood & Steel
I realized this month that I’ve been writing this blog for seven years with at least two post a month without a break. Why have I done this for that long? Because I’m a music nerd and one thing that…
“From My Window” . . . : Snow Music from Wire Wood & Steel
When I woke up this morning I saw that NYC was in the middle of a pretty decent snowfall. After the morning beverage, I began to play my guitar while looking out the window, not really thinking about what I…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, Acoustic Music, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band
“Like geese farts on a muggy day”: Leo Kottke’s “6- and 12-String Guitar”
Sometime in the early seventies I began reading in Guitar Player magazine about a group of acoustic guitarists. Their music drew upon the traditions of folk, ragtime and blues but often would also incorporate other elements such as Indian raga.…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, Figerstyle Guitar, Fingerpicking, Folk Music, John Fahey, Leo Kotte
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Summer In The City Part 1: The Self Promotion Edition
It’s summer here in NYC. The weather has yet to become oppressive so it’s a good time to reflect on one of the coolest things about NYC in the summer: the number of great free (or dirt cheap) concerts that…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, MMNY 2016, The New Jazz Spasms
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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