Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vlnvax!dcoleman From: dcoleman@vlnvax.DEC Newsgroups: net.music Subject: John Fahey and other digitalists Message-ID: <466@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 16:52:14 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.466 Posted: Wed Feb 6 16:52:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Feb-85 10:48:29 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 31 For those of you who are interested in acoustic fingerpicking guitar a la John Fahey, Leo Kotke, etc. you should check out Preston Reed. He plays six and twelve string solo guitar, much of the twelve string material played with a slide. Most of his material is original, but he also plays covers, many which are borrowed from Jorma Kaukonen, who himself covered many old blues tunes. Some of Preston's original material sounds like Larry Coryell, but he says this is coincidental; he claims Jorma was his big influence. Preston Reed lives in Connecticut, but he tours all around the U.S. and occassionally in Europe. He isn't very well known, but don't blame it on his music. (Last time I saw him, the performance was sponsored by a local folk club who didn't advertise the show much, and he played in a barn with an audience of ~12 people.) He has received excellent reviews from his live performances as well as from his 3 albums. I'll post a schedule of his upcoming performances as soon as I hear about any. Has anyone out there ever heard or heard about Michael Gulazian? I bought an album of his at a used record sale, but I've never heard of him anywhere else. He's another fingerstyle instrumental guitarist. Can anybody recommend other guitarists that have styles similar to Preston Reed, Michael Gulazian, John Fahey, Leo Kotke, Jorma Kaukonen,...? Dave Coleman " D C B Bb A B C# D D-A-C-F# "