Members guit30 Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Did not take me long, I review a lot of Nashville acoustic country and Bluegrass music and have heard a lot of his playing. I think he is at his best on Kelly Willis's "Easy" Here is his arsenal: http://www.bryansutton.com/brs_instruments.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SlowFingers Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Tommy Emmanuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LDF Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Nick Drake. That's right I said it. He may not be the most flashy, fancy and well known. But in my little opinion he is by far the most beautiful on acoustic. This is probably just as much due to his amazing lyrics and melodies; it all comes together and nothing has yet come close to moving me the way his music does. I'm one of THOSE fans.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members programmer90 Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Mine Is Merle Haggard - I love hearing him on acoustics. He is a guitarist, and he plays acoustics, so i guess that makes him an acoustic guitarist right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwerlin Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Dave Matthews I'm definitely not a connoisseur of acoustic guitarists, but he's one of the only acoustic guys I listen to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Chet Atkins Tommy Emmanuel is a close second but I gotta defer to the man who inspired him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cldplytkmn Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 man there's so many i could put here... nick drake is way up there... alexi murdoch as well... then there's chris martin (listen to See You Soon on the blue room EP... or actually on the live DVD too)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members digitalsnipe Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Me. I am my greatest fan. Afterall, charity comes at home first. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members n8wgb Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Norman Blake. Just love how those licks sound so smooth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drewcifer Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Fingerstyle I call Jorma Kaukonen. I'm a flatpicker, however, and like Tony Rice an awful lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knockwood Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Keb Mo James Taylor Tony Rice Eric Clapton (live solo "Key to the Highway" with just a voice and a very fuzzy-sounding guitar [dobro?] being one of my favorite recordings ever) Damien Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Handman Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 David Bromberg would be at the top of the list for me! John Jackson, Keller Williams, Leo Kottke, and Dar Williams in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rgordonrn Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Rich Gordon. My..Er..his rendition of Red River Valley is without peer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Richard Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scoutll Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 SOOOOOO MANY!!! Too many to list and I think of new ones all the time. But Gordon Lightfoot is always first. Close Followers are Willie Nelson, Ian Tyson, Sonny James and Kurt Smith. Yea, I know You haven't heard of Kurt... He's a friend I play garage music with. His dad was a touring honkytonk roadhouse player in the 50's and 60's. Kurt started on bass with his dad's band as a teen and learned to play the guitar in the same style. Sort of a honkytonk Willie style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edman316 Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 That's almost like asking what's your favorite song. For me it depends on "who" I am listening to at that time. I will say that Eric Clapton probably stimulated the acoustic guitar market more than anyone in history when he did his unplugged gig on MTV. There are tons of acoustic guitars abandoned in closets and under beds after the new owners gave up trying to learn "Tears in Heaven" and "Layla". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drewcifer Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Originally posted by Tioga_Man Doc Watson...maybe Norman Blake and Rory Block....because she turned me on to acoustic country blues with her fine playing. I just had the pleasure of seeing Rory Block last night at the Tucson folk festival - she'll close out tonight's performances as well. Pretty incredible woman I thought. I dunno if it was an act or not but she made a point of saying she didn't know how to describe any of her tunings, that she just twisted the machines until things sound good. That made me feel pretty accomplished (though somehow I don't play 10% as well as she does ), and that's not a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doolin Dalton Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Originally posted by guit30 Did not take me long, I review a lot of Nashville acoustic country and Bluegrass music and have heard a lot of his playing. I think he is at his best on Kelly Willis's "Easy" Here is his arsenal: http://www.bryansutton.com/brs_instruments.cfm [/quote Well thanks for posting this guy. I listened to his clips on Amazon and your right, he is awesome. I especially like Beaumont Rag because that is a song i'm about to tackle. I also like Ron Block and Dan Taminski. Don Crary is another great flatpicker. I have been practicing from a DVD I just bought from Mike Dowling. I'de have to say he is my new favorite. He plays mostly an archtop guitar, On his lessons he is breaking down Beaumont Rag. That will keep me busy for awhile. Great teacher though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members min7b5 Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 I've got three at the moment David Grier John Williams Alex De Grassi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solitaire Posted May 1, 2005 Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 Oh, there's a lot of them... but among those what about names like: Jonas Isacsson-Savela Mark Knopfler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guit30 Posted May 1, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2005 That was really neat, really a lot of us like similar music, Doc Watson, Bryan Sutton, Chet Atkins , Norman Blake,GREAT LIST!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Originally posted by bdegrande Richard Thompson +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KATMAN Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Phil Keaggy is an awesome acoustic player. When playing live,he actually changes alternate tunings while playing,amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flamencology Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Lenny Breau Paul Galbraith Julian Bream Tomatito Vicente Amigo Paco de Lucia Pat Metheny Don Ross John McLaughlin Django Reinhardt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sonrise Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Originally posted by KATMAN Phil Keaggy is an awesome acoustic player. When playing live,he actually changes alternate tunings while playing,amazing. Phil is the best Ive ever seen....Laurence Juber is no slouch either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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