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From: gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Guitarists
Message-ID: <1620@stolaf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 22:28:04 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 22:28:04 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 04:18:14 EST
Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
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	No flames, just an amendation-

	Jan Akkerman:  Former guitarist (long time ago) with the
	Dutch rock group Focus. (Remember "Hocus Pocus"?)  Right
	after releasing the album "Moving Waves", Jan left the
	group to pursue a monetarily unsuccessful solo career,
	somewhat in the same style as Steve Hackett. Jan isn't to
	be admired for consistently clean technique, but his 
	understanding of a wide variety of musical genres rank him
	as one of my favorites.  Solo albums:  "Tabernakel",
	"Profile", "Live" (at the Montreaux Jazz Festival)

	Mike O'Connor: This guy won the National Bluegrass Fiddling
	Championship at age 7, and the National Bluegrass Flat-
	picking Champoinship at 13, and had an understanding of
	both instruments befitting someone twice his age. He's 
	some twenty-odd years old now, and has at least had a 
	passing acquaintance with just about every stringed instrument
	there is.  He's also a fantastic musician, by the way.
	My pick:  "On the Rampage", "Markology".  Rounder Records
	releases a lot of his music, including the mentioned albums.

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    UM YA YAAA!!
    Man, that felt great. .

    William Gulley - St. Olaf College - Northfield, Minnesota
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