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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 23924
    Tommy Emmanuel

    The man's a magician. 
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3614
    jackorion said:
    drofluf said:
    Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Martin Simpson, Pierre Benusan and Nick Drake to name but a few. 

    Of the younger generation Toby Hay and Ben Morgan-Brown. 
    Hey! Cheers for the name check, a nice group of players to be included with!

    I'd go for Bert Jansch everyday of the week, but I also really like James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg and Julian Lage at the moment...
    You're welcome :)
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  • pjfpjf Frets: 330
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
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  • Tadragh1Tadragh1 Frets: 70
    edited March 2020
    I definitely have to recommend John Smith:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYMhkkgtGQ
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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3301
    James Taylor - Classic era

    Friday Night in San Francisco - John Mc Laughlin, Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia

    Neon - acoustic version by John Mayer (Drop C on the E)

    I really like this by the late Michael Hedges


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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3301
    Oh and this and there's a version with a vocalist



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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3489
    Fuengi said:
    Ted said:
    Fuengi said:
    I do love the organic, freeform nature of Josh T Pearson's playing. Emphasised here with the diegetic soundtrack of the city. 



    I would'nt have thought it possible to achieve the level of physical co-ordination needed to play at this level and be stoned out of your mind at the same time. But he seems to have squared the circle.
    "There is a fine line between genius and shit".

    Quote - Josh T Pearson. 
    It's a shame he never released his material he wrote in between LTE and the his solo debut, however there was a bootleg which is on YT though.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14321
    edited March 2020
    Plenty of good suggestions already so I'm going to nominate Robert Johnson. His timing was extraordinary. 

    drofluf said:
    Richard Thompson
    1952 Vincent Black Lightning is frequently cited but the solo acoustic version of I Feel So Good seems to have about three parts going on ... which brings us back to Tommy Emmanuel and, of course, Chet Atkins.
    Be seeing you.
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    Love the Ann Wilson intro to Crazy On You by Heart.
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • fobfob Frets: 1430
    Like @Lewy , Tony Rice was an immediate thought but, seeing he'd been mentioned, Pat Flynn jumped into my head. This isn't an 'acoustic guitar' song like most mentioned (and I think being requested by the OP) but worth an outing:


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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15476
    thought I'd link this, not so much cos it's outstanding technical playing, but more just how good the guitar can be in the right context:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qomNoN7MCYg

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • BigLicks67BigLicks67 Frets: 766
    There's the usual stuff by Bert & Pierre but here's a couple of well executed covers on YT which I came across whilst working out these 2 songs this last couple of weeks.




    & another one I tried to learn a while back and failed.

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  • Eric Johnson

    Once upon a time in Texas

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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31367
    pjf said:
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
    I popped in to say May you Never. There are plenty of others, but nothing moves me like that one. 
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  • TedTed Frets: 126
    p90fool said:
    pjf said:
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
    I popped in to say May you Never. There are plenty of others, but nothing moves me like that one. 
    Thanks! he really gives that guitar a voice.
    If he had done that 'live': simaltaneous on the acoustic and vocals that is additionally impressive.
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  • pjfpjf Frets: 330
    Ted said:
    p90fool said:
    pjf said:
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
    I popped in to say May you Never. There are plenty of others, but nothing moves me like that one. 
    Thanks! he really gives that guitar a voice.
    If he had done that 'live': simaltaneous on the acoustic and vocals that is additionally impressive.
    Here’s a live version, there are a few on YT! 
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4oUv21JGaUw
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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5827
    Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31367
    Ted said:
    p90fool said:
    pjf said:
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
    I popped in to say May you Never. There are plenty of others, but nothing moves me like that one. 
    Thanks! he really gives that guitar a voice.
    If he had done that 'live': simaltaneous on the acoustic and vocals that is additionally impressive.
    That album version was recorded "live" in the studio in one take with at 2am when the rest of the album was already mixed and mastered. That's why it's such a mesmeric performance rather than a compiled, constructed song.

    In fact the whole Solid Air album was done in eight days, having Danny Thompson and Rabbit Bundrick doubtless helped. 
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  • Danny1969Danny1969 Frets: 10356
    mmm Paul Simon is a brilliant acoustic player, massively unrated !

    What about John Mayer 


    www.2020studios.co.uk 
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  • xDottorexDottore Frets: 274
    I've got into bluegrass and flat-picking styles recently and, while there are many obvious guitarists to reference, I came across this guy, Bob Minner, who has beautiful tone and touch. Here is his version of the Missouri Waltz, which I first got to know from the musical gathering scene in Winter's Bone.



    You need an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

    My feedback page: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/91654/
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