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August 2005
Guitar Musings

It happens every summer: musicians hit the road on the concert tour circuit, and many drop by our Pennsylvania studio to record a Living Room Concert. Many of them are guitarists, portable for the touring life and versatile enough for a solo performance. In the waning days of summer, we listen back to some of our favorite guitar visitors from years past.                                                                                                  ~Kimberly Haas

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JOHN RENBOURN (1999)

John Renbourn is a legend in Celtic music and guitar picking circles. He co-founded the English folk-fusion group, Pentangle, and helped revitalize the English folk music scene in the 1960s. In 1999 John Renbourn released his album called TRAVELER'S PRAYER. He pulled up a couch in the Echoes Living Room to play some music and regale us with tales. listen>> (about 25 min.) View Playlist>>>

ADRIAN LEGG (R) with Echoes host John Diliberto (L) (2003)

Veteran English guitar eccentric, Adrian Legg plugs into the Echoes Living Room for an extraordinary concert of guitar music that defies categorization. Based in folk traditions from England to Appalachia, Adrian Legg is nevertheless a thoroughly modern musician, using a custom electric guitar with special banjo pitch-bending pegs and an array of electronic processing effects. Although his album GUITAR BONES is all acoustic, Legg was decidedly electric when he played some of this music live on Echoes. listen>> (about 25 min.) View Playlist>>

STEVE STEVENS (2000) A few years ago, in his Hollywood home, rock guitarist Steve Stevens pulled out his acoustic guitar, and, joined by a flamenco guitarist, percussionist and bassist, wailed on music from his captivating album, FLAMENCO-A-GO-GO. The co-composer of most of Billy Idol’s hits, Stevens shows a different side to his guitar playing, performing this music for the first time ever live, exclusively on Echoes. listen>> (about 25 min) View Playlist

RICHARD LEO JOHNSON (2000)

Richard Leo Johnson is a firebrand acoustic guitarist. He plays a double-necked acoustic guitar with 12 and 6 string courses and orchestrates a finger ballet on their strings. Richard is among a new generation of acoustic players, expanding the range of their instruments and incorporating sounds from country blues to flamenco, jazz and beyond. In the fall of 2000, he released his second album, LANGUAGE, on the Blue Note label, and he visited Echoes for a virtuoso performance not to be missed. listen>> (about 25 min.) View Playlist

MICHAEL MANDRELL (2000)

Michael Mandrell is a journeyman musician. He played with the world fusion group, TAOS, and in 2000 recorded a solo CD called THE GREAT SPIRAL DANCE. Michael fuses gentle guitar picking with world music touches and evocative compositions on his debut. Michael sits down in the Echoes living room for a solo performance. listen>> (about 25 min) View Playlist>>

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