Rocky Top and Banjo Signal What happens when Glen Campbell and Jerry Reed get together? Well, sparks are gonna fly off them guitars. Then add some Larry McNeeley on the banjo, and your in for a real treat. This video was from Glen Campbell’s “Goodtime Hour,” a show that I used to watch and marvel at when I was a kid. Now part of the reason I think a guy like Glen Campbell didn’t get as much credit on the [...]
Rob Ickes – Angeline The Baker If you’re into dobro than you’re gonna love Rob Ickes. He’s very similar in style in my opinion to Jerry Douglas with some slight variations in note choice. Even to a semi educated listener, it would be difficult to tell. The first thing you’ll notice is all the chops Rob has. The mandolin player here is Andy Leftwich from the Ricky Scaggs band. It’s a toss up which instrument Andy plays better, fiddle or [...]
Owen Campbell – Angry Busker – Australia’s Got Talent 2012 audition 3 [FULL] After watching this, I felt sorry for this guy, as I don’t really believe that he was arrogant by his comments… just nervous. What do you think? I’ll tell you one thing, Owen can really play slide! “Talented but Hostile Singer/Songwriter/Slide Guitarist Owen Campbell walks off after being rejected by the Judges for being rude, insulting Brian McFadden. Song is called “Sunshine Road”. AGT Australia’s Got Talent [...]
I don’t know if you’ve ever played out but if you have- How many times have you been stood up by your bass player? Seems a common theme… “Hey, I’m sorry folks, our bass player couldn’t make it today.” If I had a dollar for every time I had to say that! Now here’s a guy that has the solution.. and he’s not going to be satisfied with and electric or keyboard bass, oh no. This guy wants it pure, [...]
This video is a lesson video by Acoustic Guitarist extraordinaire Maneli Jamal. Here’s what he had to say about this video lesson: “Before we get more into some progressive fingerstyle, it is critical to know some fingerpicking patters as well to apply to our vocabulary of techniques. I spent a great amount of time focusing on getting good tone on the right hand and experimenting with nail lengths. Right now I get my right hand fingernails ‘done’ at a nail salon. I [...]
Here’s guitarist Giovanni Seneca -with Approdo latino. I checked out a couple of his other videos and they’re wild… I mean the background… You can check them out too if you like, but I prefer not to get too many visual distractions while watching. They were shot in front of a green screen which allows you to add all these effects etc., or place you in different settings. Heck, Giovanni needs nothing, he’s just great… and a brown backdrop is fine [...]
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Not Plugged In 1990 – HQ Audio – Full Show I’m just gonna assume that you know who Stevie Ray Vaughan is? You do know…. ? Well here’s 3 videos that one of our big contributors Miche Archetto over at our facebook site shared with us. All three vids feature Stevie Ray Vaughan, the legendary electric guitarist performing on acoustic. Description: “This is the full show, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani From an old VHS Recording. Thank you [...]
This is a live video shot at Viersen (Germany)- 28th International Jazz Fest 2009 Musicians are as follows: Ralph Towner: guitar Paul Mc Candless: soprano sax Glen Moore: bass Mark Walker: drums I first became familiar with Ralph Towner when he appeared as a sideman with Weather Report on the “Sing The Body Electric” album, and then of course with the group Oregon. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did. Biography- Ralph Towner “Born in 1940 [...]
Tommy Emmanuel Duck Baker and Buster B. Jones 2000 Nine Pound Hammer Grab a beer, kick back, and let’s pick a few tunes. Here’s Tommy Emmanuel with the late Buster B. Jones and Duck Baker back in 2000 jammin’ back stage at CAAS (Chet Atkins Appreciation Society). This for me is what music is all about- having some fun and getting a chance to informally play with other musicians. Some of the most memorable times of my life come from jam [...]
This is one of those videos that I was shocked at seeing. It’s a solo concert featuring Al Di Meola. At rock concerts you can expect people to be cheering… at bluegrass festivals the people will applaud for your breaks (solos) if they are good. But here we have some people that just can’t be quiet for Al… If it were me performing and the people were cheering, I would take that as a complement and just keep playing. But [...]
Acoustic Alchemy Playing For Time (live)at St. Lucia There’s a radio station in New York City that I used to listen to a lot (CD 101.9) which featured cool jazz… Acoustic Alchemy was one of the groups that I heard for the first time on that station… it’s jazz with some very cool changes (cool jazz). This song “Playing For Time” is just so enjoyable to listen to- everything about it from the percussion, the bass, keys, vocal doubling up [...]
It’s downright amazing to me how many people love Jimi Hendrix. Amazing in that his popularity still seem so huge despite the fact that he’s been gone for some 40 odd years. Well, here’s guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel with his version of the Jimi Hendrix song “Purple Haze.” If you are not familiar with Tommy Emmanuel, I might first ask where have you been, and then suggest looking at some more videos of Tommy that are even more amazing than [...]
Blood – The Middle East ( mree cover ) A friend of mine shared this video with me and said- “You gotta check this artist named Mree out and put her on the site- she is amazing.” In this video, Mree is performing a cover song entitled Blood by “The Middle East.” Well I’ve never heard this song Blood, and last I checked, The Middle East was an area of the world that seems to have its share of sand [...]
The description over at YouTube says the following: “The most amazing cover of Ocean on YouTube. Written by John Butler, performed by Miles Devlin and Produced by Clinton Cave.” I’m not so familiar with this John Butler song but the comments suggest this is the best cover of it. Samily said: “Absolutely the best cover of this song! Keep posting Miles you’re amazing!!!” Okalov also wrote the following: “Looks like he’s playing over good quality sections he’s pre-recorded. I doubt he’s “miming” [...]
Thelonious Monk “Round Midnight” Arr. R.Dyens – played by Roman Viazovskiy Here’s guitarist Roman Viazovskiy who is performing here for Ukranian TV… his program “Wanderer in time” (“Zeitenwanderer”) Roman is as fluid of a player as you will ever hear, and I really like this interpretation of “Round Midnight” as it’s coming from a classical approach rather than just jazz. Yea there’ s a lot of jazz in this composition by nature (hello, it’s Thelonious Monk, check out the [...]
Bako Jovanović- Romani Gypsy Guitar Virtuoso Aleksandr Vyatkin shared this video with us over at our facebook site featuring Bako Jovanović in what I titled this post as “Just Riffin’ at home. Unfortunately I looked and couldn’t find any background on Baco other than a Hip Hop video which wasn’t him. Any help here to fill in some biographical info would be greatly appreciated. And you know, just because I couldn’t find anything doesn’t mean that Bako isn’t doing a lot of [...]
“Howard Morgen playing his arrangement of Round Midnight, from his book “Through Chord-Melody and Beyond” (Alfred Music).” I’m finally including an archtop guitar video that I don’t believe is plugged in (please correct me if I’m wrong). Guitarist and columnist Howard Morgan has quite a vocabulary, both with words and on the guitar. Well, just read his bio – most impressive: “Howard Morgen, six and seven-string guitarist/clinician and arranger wrote fingerstyle jazz guitar columns and arrangements for Guitar Player, Guitar World, [...]
Aleksandr Vyatkin located this video and shared it with us over at our facebook site. Thank you Aleksandr, this is some awesome playing by Frank Vignola on guitar and percussionist Joe Ascione who is playing what looks like a music stand. I haven’t been to one of their shows but perhaps he’s got something else on stage and just warming up with one. I first met Frank Vignola at a show He/ I performed at called the Legends of the [...]
Gareth Pearson – Jan The Man (live session) 2013 Rob Poland over at CandyRat Records was kind enough to share this vid with us here at Acoustic Guitar Videos. Rob says this song entitled “Jan The Man” was written for Dutch Guitarist Jan Akkerman. What, you don’t know who Jan Akkerman is? Here’s a brief bio: “Jan was a member of Johnny and his Cellar Rockers, The Hunters (with whom he scored the 1966 Dutch pop hit “Russian Spy and I”) [...]
Here’s classical guitarist Per-Olov Kindgren performing the Metallica song “Nothing Else Matters.” Well what matters is, of all the songs Per-Olov Kindgren could have performed (and did), this is one that got a ton of views…. Why? Well, it’s popular for one thing and Per-Olov Kindgren is an excellent guitarist. And if you think this video got a lot of views (over a million), his Stairway to Heaven is triple the amount. So what have we learned today? Practice your whole life playing [...]
Jimmy Page: Black Mountain Side Miche Archetto over at our facebook sister site found these Jimmy Page videos and shared it with us. This first video only has 773 views…. does that mean we’re some of the first to see it? Well, probably not. Most of these type of videos came from a television show, series or from a VCR. With the laws as such, sure seems like you could make up a video about anyone or anybody and not have [...]
John Denver Bells of Rhymney I’ve been getting some flack lately from the folk enthusiasts here at Acoustic Guitar Videos for not providing enough bluegrass music… (hey sorry, that was a joke). not enough Folk Music. I’m just going to preface this next statement with something that someone at a bluegrass festival years ago said, and I think it’s mostly true… “You can put the bluegrass into folk, but you can’t put the folk into bluegrass.” I know, what does [...]
With a Little Help From My Friends About 2-3 years ago, I met up with guitarist Gary Reed at a gig I was playing at the Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival. He came up to me and we talked for a while- to which he expressed interest in recording with me at my studio. Well, we ended up becoming great friends… and here’s one story that I think all of you should truly be inspired by, especially if you think that [...]
Here’s a new Jamie Dupuis original entitled “A Clear Blue Sky” that he’s say’s was inspired by a bright sunny day. Jamie has a bunch of videos over at YouTube, but this is one of his latest. We’ve featured Jamie here a few times before and you know what? I think he just keeps getting better and better. Now with this video, I got lucky and found it posted on my personal Bob Harris page by someone else. It’s a [...]
Miche – Can You Spare Some Change (Original) “Can You Spare Some Change?” is a track from my “Cafe Vignettes” CD. When I lived near DC, I came across a homeless mate who was selling a local magazine. I bought one of course. I was then struck with the notion of strolling the streets myself asking for change. This song came from that thought.” Miche Fambro found our facebook page and sent in this video. Well Well, quite the performance! [...]
Jerome Ducharme: “Zapateado” Joaquín Rodrigo GFA part 7 What do you say other than wow when watching this video? This performance leaves little doubt as to GFA winner Jerome Ducharme’s abilities, and everything else with regard to his guitar playing. Here’s the YouTube description: This video is “Part 7 of Jerome Ducharme’s winning performance from the 2005 Guitar Foundation of America Competition in Oberlin, Ohio. Jerome performs the final movement from Joaquin Rodrigo’s Tres Piezas, entitled “Zapateado.” Jerome Ducharme, October [...]
Stephen Inglis- Performing Nai’a Kulapa on Living Local Here’s guitarist Stephen Inglis who has made quite a name for himself in Hawaii. In fact, when you listen to his guitar playing, you know that Stephen has been influenced by his surroundings, you can hear it in his playing. Stephen has some cool moves on the guitar, and yea, it looks like what a lot of players are doing, yet it just sounds different. Now I went to his website and [...]
Monte Montgomery - “Could’ve Loved You Forever” My buddy Dusk Wings found this video of live footage from the Monte Montgomery studio sessions for his self-titled CD which was released SEP 30, 2008. Now it’s been out a while but if you’re digging this video, here’s a link to his CD’s. YouTube comment said: “Named as one of Guitar Player Magazine’s “Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitarists” and the only artist to win the “Best Acoustic Guitar Player” at the Austin Music [...]
By Bob Harris: Some say that improving your acoustic guitar playing is just a matter of practice… but is it really just that… and why? Well, I found this article over at the Talent Code by NY Times best selling author Daniel Coyle with an interesting story about a clarinetist named Torin Bakke who made recordings after practicing 200, 1000, and 3000 hours, noticing a difference in his playing. Not to long after he published the article, Daniel couldn’t resist asking [...]
Michael Dowdle: Where the River Bends If you are into melodic fingerstyle guitar, than I know you are going to enjoy this performance of “Where the River Bends” by guitarist Michael Dowdle. His precision and attention to detail, and being able to milk the tone out of every note makes this a wonderful listening experience. Some nice chord changes here along with a well recorded audio track make this a song worth listening to multiple times (which is what I’m [...]
Here’s an original composition by Nashville guitarist Kent Burnside entitled High Street Strut. It was recorded at First Avenue Sound, Franklin TN, December 2011 (hey, I think I was at that studio!). He’s getting a real nice tone out of that guitar of his, and his note choice is direct and to the point, never straying too far from the melody. Kent has some more videos at YouTube which he also plays an archtop. Kent obviously knows his music, as he’s [...]
Simone Numat Tempesta over at our facebook site shared this video with us and wrote the following: “ Hi! ”Acoustic Guitar Videos!” There’s an Italian acoustic guitar player that I would like to present you! His name is Mario Romano and I’m sure that you will loving him! Thanks a lot!” Well Simone, Mario has a bunch of videos on YouTube but I wouldn’t have found him without your help so thank you and good recommendation. This song entitled “Flowers” is a very soothing composition. [...]
Hey, if you are into fingerstyle guitar, I really think you will enjoy this vid by RafQu. This song “Gioele’s Dreams” which is written by RafQu has a really nice easy melody that is memorable (the video just ended and I still have the song in my head… imagine it will be here a while!). And the tone!! RafQu is getting a wonderful sound out of that guitar (can’t tell what kind it is… any ideas?) Now there’s not too [...]
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