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Category Archives: Acoustic Guitar
“I’m Already Playing Too Many Notes!”
A few weeks ago I watched a video from Christie’s, the famous auction house. It seems that Richard Gere was auctioning off a number of his guitars with the proceeds to be donated to charity. I didn’t realize that he … Continue reading
David Rawlings
David Rawlings is a multi-instrumentalist, primarily guitar, who uses his substantial abilities in an accompanist role. Rawlings writes and records often with Gillian Welch. The music these two craft sounds as if it came from another era and another place. … Continue reading
Editing Your Playing
A lot of guitar players who are good (or at least, adequate) accompanists have spent a lot of time practicing and developing their chops. I’ll bet that you are pretty comfortable playing 8th note triplets or 16th notes at a … Continue reading
Do Guitarists Need Music Theory?
This argument has raged since the invention of popular music and has reached fever pitch in the rock era. Do guitarists need to know music theory? One side says that theory interferes with feel and emotion. The other side says … Continue reading
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Bo Ramsey
Bo Ramsey is a guitar player and producer. Working predominately in the Americana genre he has produced albums for artists like Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown and Iris Dement. He also appears as a guitarist on these and other artists’ recordings … Continue reading