The performances in 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 performances here, no less than in the artful arrangements in the original compositions. There are English guitarist 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 the rest of us to tinker with arrangements, explore open tunings, try varied 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.

Dave Evans Stagefright

John Renbourn Rosslyn

Stefan Grossman Tightrope

John Knowles Coastin'

Pat Donohue The Mooch

Marcel Dadi Saturday Night Shuffle

Duck Baker Blood Of The Lamb

Chris Proctor Interstate

John Renbourn Little Niles

Stefan Grossman Bermuda Triangle Exit

El McMeen My Mary Of The Curling Hair

Joe Miller Ivory Coast

John Knowles Waltz Forever

Pat Donohue High Society

Duck Baker 'Round Midnight

Chris Proctor Morning Thunder

El McMeen Angels We Have Heard On High

Marcel Dadi Je Te Veux

Bonus Instructional Tracks: Stefan Grossman Diddie Wa Diddie, and Pat Donohue High Society

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