Members Neal Posted November 5, 2016 Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 It seems to me after reading this, that the only "problem" with acoustic music according to...some..is that it isn't Neil Young, Don Maclean, in other words, it's not out of a certain generation. I can empathize, no one, NO ONE, could be Southern rock/blues like the Allman Bros. All those pretenders like Skynard, etc., held no candles. But they did. Hold candles, I mean. All these acoustic acts presented are excellent. And I appreciate Skynard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 5, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 These guys play a lot of acoustic. I enjoy their songs. I can only listen to Stary Stary Night so many times...YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 5, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 Guy is good in any generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 5, 2016 Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 I heard a guy name Niall Horan the other day. I liked him, so I looked him up and he was a member of One Direction. I didn't know that, cause I don't listen to any of their music. I saw Langhorn Slim with a full band, he put of a great show. Super high energy[video=youtube;6tQX4tl-Xps] Steve Earle I see every time he comes to town. I have also see his son Justin about 3 times. Jackie Green puts on a hell of an acoustic show, as well as a full band performance. He's on the road constantly in one form or another. Edwin McCain was great live . Glen Phillips is killer in concert. He played in Toad The Wet Sprocket for years and the took a break. His solo work is really nice. One of my fav older songs by Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 5, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 Thanks Mikeo!. These are great examples of players of this century. The One Direction guy is not someone I would have ever heard of. Like you One Direction is not a group I listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 5, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2016 Jackie is one of my favorites. He is from the Sacramento area near where I live. Seen him many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 6, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 6, 2016 Glen Phillips...first song was very good. Like his guitar...Lakewood? Good singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 [video=youtube;c-q7Mih69KE] Simple strumming, pick hammers and pulls, and harmonies. Doesn't get more basically attractive as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 Recordtrack1 has a stellar version of this. I play it too. It's required by all acoustic players to gauge themselves with. Townes makes it charitable. Too bad he didn't keep some of that for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 America - Horse With No Name ('72) - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPaSDpJhqY0 Their first two albums releases were almost identical. The second added this song. I have them both. These guys were the basic acoustic band. All were US military brats from the same base in England, got it together there and brought it to the States. Always liked their sound and style, though Dewey Bunnel's lyrics sometimes had me head scratching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 This is one of few songs I give the banjo a kitchen pass. It should be a mandolin. This one's for you Tartanlad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 Pat Donohue, formerly of "A Prairie Home Companion," is primarily a guitarist but he has a decent voice and is a very good songwriter as well. Here he is in concert: While I was looking for vids of Pat Donohue, I found this cover of one of his songs by the David Thom Band (be warned, here be banjos):[video=youtube;sa8p-UQl_dg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 7, 2016 Members Share Posted November 7, 2016 I like the banjo I saw Brown Bird at a house concert, years ago.David died after a long battle with cancer a couple of years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2016 Brown Bird very good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2016 Berkley Hart...I saw them at a House concert...really great song writers. Funny, engaging and a joy to watch. They should be a bigger name duo...IDK how to do multiple posts in the same post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2016 Berkley Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2016 Berkley Hart and Eve Selis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 9, 2016 Members Share Posted November 9, 2016 Mikeo likes banjo...check. If it was used without the resonator, accompanied without drowning everything else out, did not sound like rubber bands snapping against a snare drum head and was strung up with nylon I'd be okay with it ...I think, maybe, if I heard it first, under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 9, 2016 Members Share Posted November 9, 2016 Old Salt Union is from fairly close to me but I'd never heard them before. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 9, 2016 Members Share Posted November 9, 2016 That and the next one are some of the best things I've heard in a long time. Both songs are excellent, really grabbed me. Can't believe I haven't heard of these guys or that they're apparently not a bigger deal. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 10, 2016 Members Share Posted November 10, 2016 [video=youtube;2-zTjrEQNdo] I had the pleasure years ago seeing Will Hoge in a small club. Amazing. He like many others has written countless song for others. Some big hits. He wrote String used in the Chevy Truck Commercial. This one was a biggie for the Eli Young band. Will's acoustic version is better IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48Z3lt8ADY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 11, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 11, 2016 [video=youtube;2-zTjrEQNdo] Small world...he is friends with Jeff Berkley of Berkley Hart. Forgot about Todd Snider...he is good. I had the pleasure years ago seeing Will Hoge in a small club. Amazing. He like many others has written countless song for others. Some big hits. He wrote String used in the Chevy Truck Commercial. This one was a biggie for the Eli Young band. Will's acoustic version is better IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48Z3lt8ADY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted November 11, 2016 Members Share Posted November 11, 2016 One of my daughters is crazy about some Brit named Frank Turner. I personally thought The Civil Wars were very interesting and some times, astonishing. Some New Orleans bands are really making Indie waves now, like the Revivalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted November 12, 2016 Members Share Posted November 12, 2016 I think the scene combusted in the late 70's and was laid to rest. What we have now is a resurgence that has not quite broken any identity records with an audience in transition. Had I not been part of the former I might be more impartial. If I can put a perspective on it, young people are now discovering the music of the 70s and bringing it into their playlists. This should spark some interest in current acoustic music. I'm a sucker for well-played music but most of what I hear isn't. It's bedroom talent or techno-mangling for the most part. The former harkens back to the beginnings of the folk era, which I'm way past wanting to hear reprised, with a wait period for it to catch up to my ear telling me I'll be gone before it does. The latter, the Tommy Emmanuels, have pretty much compromised music and sacrificed it on the alter of the guitar gods. The live stuff I hear isn't with great playing skill or vocal chops. I blame a lifetime of ear development, and personal demand on myself to be all I can, on my opinion. The fact that what I'm hearing represents people who have not worked hard enough at their craft to present themselves better bothers me. But, on the flip side, it also tells me there's a demand for that sound and I think that's great. Crawl, walk, run, the evolution revolution is beginning and that's enough for now. In the period between the then and now people regrouped into the blues and made it a safe haven for the acoustic guitar. That wore me out. In a little town near me the blues is still ear-central. Can't abide that anymore. The open mic I play about every other week now has finally begun to slip away from it, eclectically, without a hint of objection. This is good. Now, this paragraph is devoted to Neal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 14, 2016 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2016 John Mayer plays some nice acoustic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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