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Location: Minden, Nebraska | A couple of pieces whose names I can't remember by Bruce Cockburn, recorded in the mid-70's when he was the first high profile Larrivee endorser. He had an extraordinary Larrivee cutaway with a tree of life fretboard inlay and the kind of headstock inlay that I have only seen on Jean's guitars. I think his wife did the abalone work. That guitar was ahead of its time, and Bruce could do amazing things on it that I don't think he has approached on any projects released to the public since.
I also saw Phil Keaggy live a few years ago, and he did some unbelievable things using alternate tunings with an Olson guitar.
Speaking of which, David Wilcox -- another Olson endorser AKA 'the poor man's James Taylor' (but a far better player) -- does some dazzling things in alternate tunings.
There are a lot of fine players who aren't even as well known as those guys. |
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Location: closely held secret | Paul, were the Bruce Cockburn pieces on "Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws"? In spite of all the great stuff he's done, I've always felt that album was his best all around. |
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Location: south of munich, Germany | i add the complete album
"Whatever happened to Jugula" by Roy Harper and Jimy Page
especially the tracks
- Hangman
- Twentieth Century Man
- Advertisement (Another Intentional Irrelevant Suicide)
the last is the most obscure track ....
but.. I like it ;-)
Tobias |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Waskel - no, earlier than that. Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws was his first real American success due to the airplay of 'I Wonder Where the Lions Are.'
I think the project in mind of was a double album live release named Circles in the Stream.
I'm still enough of a fan to buy everything he releases. |
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Location: Chicago | I think that Larry Coryell's "RESTFUL MIND" (with the Oregon guys) is underrated...
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"symmetrical scales look good in a mirror" |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I'm not sure if this fits the "obscure" category. I was listening to CD 101.9 (smooth jazz station in NYC) when heard this song that has a nice and steady hip-hoppish beat and a strong Spanish guitar flavor. For a while, I thought I was listening to an Acoustic Alchemy tune, but to my surprise, former Guns N Roses guitarist Slash was the artist behind the song! The title of the song was "Obsession Confession" as per announced by the DJ at the end. I find it unusual, considering that this does not come close to the hard and heavy melodies associated with Slash. I tried to do a search on the net, but found no info about it. Any info that anyone can provide about the song will be greatly appreciated.
It's strange that even though I don't know anything about it (yet), it is becoming one of my favorite acoustic tunes.
p.s.
- speaking of Acoustic Alchemy tunes, I like "Mr. Chow." It's perhaps the only time I ever heard of "Chinese reggae." |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | You may have to log in to get to this:
Slash song |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Thanks BruDev! I'll check out the link. |
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your favorite OBSCURE Acoustic Masterpiece?
