Dufour

[Redbeard]

Amazing talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlyHbu0zz4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNzIuKZP_Bk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAfCcyWUIwI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HunterST_BFC]

WOW!

[Redbeard]

Glad you like, Hunter.

Here's another just for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJL3Buw0l0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MrTopTier]

Superb, not as good as Steven though.

[Redbeard]

And another just for anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jysCH5kMews" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Redbeard]

Not as good as Steven though.

I never said he was...

[califclaret]

It aint country Redbeard.

[Redbeard]

I never said it was...

[BFCmaj]

There are a few percussive guitarists worth listening to, Antoine Dufour being one of them.

If you like his playing, try Andy McKee https://youtu.be/Ddn4MGaS3N4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jon Gomm (from Blackpool, but we'll forgive him for that!) https://youtu.be/nY7GnAq6Znw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Newton Faulkner https://youtu.be/nY7GnAq6Znw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Redbeard]

Thanks for that, Maj. Have heard of McKee, but not the others.

Will have a good listen later on today.

Meanwhile of course this pair aren't bad either.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qgum7hFXk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT9hvyDvKHA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BFCmaj]

Rodrigo y Gabriela are great.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Is this what Darren Bentley would call Michael Duff if he ever got the managers job?

[IndigoLake]

Oooh those spelling police/keyboard warriors were at the ready there, Redbeard

[Redbeard]

No doubt they were, mate.

Not that I envisaged that, of course.

[Caernarfon_Claret]

Jon Gomm has been a mentor on the last two seasons of Sky Arts Guitar Star

[Redbeard]

Welsh guitarist John Morgan is very good too.

I would have linked his tune Benjo, except the YT vid has been removed.

[BFCmaj]

Lots of Celtic influence in John Morgan's playing Redbeard. There's been a big trend recently for that style of guitar with altered tunings.

[Redbeard]

Indeed, on the Celtic influence.

And perhaps my favourite Scottish acoustic player is this bloke, whom perhaps you also know.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwZ5bxY5gTw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBP70HDxa1k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[The Enclosure]

You are a real spoilsport admiral.I had my red pencil at the ready .

[Funkydrummer]

Whilst generally having a look around you tube following the above links, I came across
this :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWXooI6uyI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Have never seen anything like it before, has anyone else seen one of those ?

[Redbeard]

You are a real spoilsport admiral.I had my red pencil at the ready .

I can't think what on earth you mean.

[BFCmaj]

Whilst generally having a look around you tube following the above links, I came across
this :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWXooI6uyI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Have never seen anything like it before, has anyone else seen one of those ?

Harp guitars have been around a long time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_guitar" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's the aforementioned Andy McKee playing one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvar4ZsqsEo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BFCmaj]

Indeed, on the Celtic influence.

And perhaps my favourite Scottish acoustic player is this bloke, whom perhaps you also know.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwZ5bxY5gTw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBP70HDxa1k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fantastic player is Tony McManus. I teach another Claret who is also a big fan of his. At some point, we will be looking at this piece which is one of his faves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6_pT4LX4tE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Gnulty]

Listening to these guys leaves me with alternative 1: why do you bother, you'll never be as good..or alternative 2: wow! where's my guitar! .

[Redbeard]

Here's another I like from Mr McManus, then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HGBN6qDBQM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Others such as his Coast River, Johnstown Reel, Rolling Waves and Thompson's Dirk sadly are YT-unavailable.

[Redbeard]

There are a few percussive guitarists worth listening to, Antoine Dufour being one of them.

Have listened a bit now to each of those three, Maj, but tbh don't really dig Jon Gomm or Newton Faulkner.

Do like Andy McKee, however, though the French-Canadian still has it for me.

Thanks for the links all the same.


I wondered what you - or anyone else - might make of the guitarist in this unusual English folk band who plays mainly bass lines and along with the other instruments seems to leave no room for percussion at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45X87nx5LE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_rzKky62tY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eLdsHbkqc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2V0z5Ke24E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;