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Jul 4, 2006, 06:12 AM
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k

Érik Mongrain seen on Belle et Bum (a Québec music TV show)

     
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Jul 4, 2006, 07:33 AM
 
he holds the guitar funny :/
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Jul 4, 2006, 10:41 AM
 
Wild. Love the Healey-styles, too.

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Jul 4, 2006, 01:21 PM
 
That was wicked. I'm gonna have to check him out further.

Here's another good player in that vein...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGw5S72W5w
     
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Jul 4, 2006, 01:53 PM
 
Very interesting....

Are you guys attracted to the virtuosity of these players, or the music, or both?
     
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Jul 4, 2006, 02:09 PM
 
It seems like he can just slap or strum the strings and get nice sounds. He must be using an open tuning, probably G?
     
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Jul 4, 2006, 03:39 PM
 
Yeah, I noticed the same thing, probably because I usually have my guitar tuned to open-G most of the time. Don't know if it is that particular tuning for sure though; I'm not a guitarist - I completely suck, and play a few times a week at best - but I just love the sound of that tuning. Plus, Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" is in open-G, and, well...damn. That's one gorgeous song.

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Jul 4, 2006, 03:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by dreamryche
That was wicked. I'm gonna have to check him out further.

Here's another good player in that vein...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGw5S72W5w
Yeah, Kaki King was the first one I though of when I saw that.
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Jul 5, 2006, 12:13 PM
 
Saw a guy perform in a Flagstaff coffeehouse in that style. He had recorded several albums.
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Jul 5, 2006, 12:23 PM
 
Very cool. Love the sound he gets out of that style and tune. There's something very free and open about that style of play. I totally dig it.
     
   
 
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