Fingerstyle Guitar: New Dimensions & Exploration 2

The performances on this DVD series present two generations of artists who have advanced the acoustic guitar's cause with formidable boldness. We clearly hear their folk, blues and country roots even as they develop other distinctly personal harmonic and melodic pathways. Thinking, coupled with the "90% perspiration, 10% inspiration" formula, is evident in the compositions. There are English guitarists playing original music tinged by American blues, and American guitarists picking with English accents. There are guitarists from everywhere bringing music from the keyboard and other sources to the guitar. There is an apparent user-friendly adaptability happening around the instrument: the example of these players encourages techniques of picking. The means, they demonstrate, are flexible. And the ends? Endless. As the redoubtable "Claw", Jerry Reed, once remarked "I don't go to see a man pick. I go to see a man think.

Features:
Marcel Dadi
Duck Baker
El McMeen
John Renbourn
Stefan Grossman
John Knowles
Pat Donohue
Dave Evans
Chris Proctor
Joe Miller