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Johnny Mac

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Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« on: May 02, 2009, 11:16:34 AM »
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 03:08:21 PM »
He's not bad is he? I saw him a fair few years ago when he toured with Juan Martin, Martin Carthy and Martin Taylor - now that gig was awesome!
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2009, 04:06:28 PM »
He's great!
I've got bad GAS for a Sobell now.
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2009, 04:21:40 PM »
Really cool. Love blues with slide

Reminds me of this, one of my favourite examples of the breed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauECrCIYl8
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2009, 05:53:49 PM »
daft question: with a slide, do you fret with it or "float" it against the string?
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2009, 06:10:49 PM »
You 'float' it above the fret wire rather than between the fret wire.
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 11:29:10 AM »
i seen this guy a bunch of times.
spent a lot of years listening to this dude riding round in the car with my dad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUqvjbhZYw&feature=related
kicks in at the 5min mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLpG-RezecE&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLbo4xDMWy8&feature=related
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 11:39:37 AM »
Listening to The Green Fields of America now, this guy is awesome :) I'd love to be able to play like this.
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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 08:56:00 PM »
A few more awesome acoustic players to add to the fun:

Clive Carroll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXcTxgxUF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_RqP54nADU


Pierre Bensusan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXtnpotwW8s


The grand-daddy of the "steel strung guitar players as serious musicians" John Fahey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Vtm7IoSKk


and my all time favourite, John Renbourn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_U4Jsp3nv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EH3Bh3Sc2k


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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2009, 05:45:14 PM »
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Elliot

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Re: Have a Look at this acoustic player..
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2009, 01:21:47 AM »
I hate that sort of playing - I'm not a great fan of Martin Simpson having seen him a few times but i'd prefer to pay to see him to the Kaki King/Michael Hedges meets Flamenco meets Jazz of Antonio Forcione any day.  I accept he's technically skilled but like the shred generation it just goes no where for me. 
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