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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

193.0. "WANTED - ACOUSTIC DUETS" by SNO78A::PASFIELD (Live Music is Better) Thu Mar 12 1987 06:36

Gidday,

QUESTION:       When was the last time you heard a duet played on two
		acoustic guitars that seemed to you to be the most 
    		wonderful piece of music you've heard in a long time.
    
ANSWER:		You tell me.
    
    	A friend and I are getting together some duets for acoustic
    guitar. Currently we are doing DANZA (sky redo) and a Stephan Grossman
    piece called WOMAN FROM DENORI. The style tends towards fingerpicking/
    ragtime/flatpicking etc. 
    
    	I'm looking for as much material to learn as we can. Has anyone
    got any personal suggestions as to what we can do. Suggest anything
    you feel that fits as I'm sure there there are some great pieces
    that I'm unfamiliar with. Also if you can include a
    recording/manuscript reference - that'll be great.
    
    
    		Ta, Cheers,	Colin.
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193.1Here's a coupleHAVOC::DESROCHERSThu Mar 12 1987 13:1116
    
    About 8 years ago, Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine recorded
    a couple of acoustic duet albums that had very strong material.
    I remember one being better than the other in both song selection
    and execution but I'm not sure which was which!?!
    Also excellent were the trio albums by DiMeola, McLaughlin, and
    Paco DiLucia (definitely wrong spelling!).
    A number of Dawg music albums by David Grisman would be adaptable to
    duets too.
    
    Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel would be extremely challenging too!
    
    These suggestions lean more towards Jazz and swing, though!
    
    Tom
    
193.2few moreFROST::SIMONMister Diddy Wah Diddy?Thu Mar 12 1987 15:3812
	Larry Coryell and Steve Khan did one together that had some
	good stuff on it.

	If you're into bluegrass check out David Bromberg and Norman
	Blake doing "Arkansas Traveller" on David's 1st album.  Also
	Chet Atkins and Doc Watson did one together as did Chet and
	Les Paul ("Chester and Lester").  Of course there is always
	Doc and Merle Watson.  They did mega albums together.

	-gary

193.3Doc n' Merle too..NEXUS::DICKERSONThu Mar 12 1987 19:1416
    Homespun tapes has a 3 cassette course by Merle Watson which devotes
    one whole cassette's worth to Doc and Merle's famous guitar duets.
    
    I have the course and recommend it highly.  The books are in tab
    only so, if you're like me and got started on standard music
    notation, it may take a little while to adjust to the tab.  It is
    however about the best tab system I've seen since it does provide
    tempo information ( in my opinion the biggest drawback to using
    most tablature systems. )
    
    The address for Homespun Tapes was previously published somewhere
    in this conference.  I can supply it if you can't find it.
    
                                                     Regards
                                                     Doug Dickerson
    
193.4in a different vein:ULTRA::OFSEVITSold stock at 105...sighFri Mar 13 1987 12:346
    	There are several duets by John Fahey and Terry Robb on John's
    album "Rain Forests, Oceans, and Other Themes" (Varrick Records
    019).  Fahey is an acquired taste, to be sure, but all guitarists
    owe it to themselves to give him a try.
    
    		David
193.5Here's another (from the Allman Bros. yet...)DHARMA::BROOMHEADSun Mar 15 1987 02:296
One piece that comes to mind is (if I remember it correctly) "Little Martha"
on the "Eat a Peach" album (Allman Brothers Band). (Duane Allman and Dicky
Betts, one on standard acoustic, the other on dobro.) A simple tune that
goes straight to the heart (at least straight to mine...).

Kirk
193.638136::LOWRYIrony can be pretty ironic at times.Sun Mar 15 1987 14:4011
    rep -.1
    
    You didn't remember it correctly.  "Little Martha" is Dicky Betts
    all by himself.  It would be pretty hard for Duane to play with
    Dicky, since he was killed, and "Eat a Peach" was the album dedicated
    to him, he died running his motorcycle into a peach truck.  The
    loss of a great slide guitarist.
    
    "Little Martha" is a great song, I've been trying to learn it for
    awhile. It would be nice as a duet also.
    
193.7Mean Old WorldFROST::SIMONMister Diddy Wah Diddy?Mon Mar 16 1987 12:107
	by Duane Allman and Eric Clapton on the Duane Allman Anthology
	album is another good one (speaking of Duane).  Duet of slide
	guitars....nice.

	-gary

193.8Little Martha cont'd.STAR::DAVISScott H. Davis - VMS DevelopmentMon Mar 16 1987 12:5220
>    You didn't remember it correctly.  "Little Martha" is Dicky Betts
>    all by himself.  It would be pretty hard for Duane to play with
>    Dicky, since he was killed, and "Eat a Peach" was the album dedicated
>    to him, he died running his motorcycle into a peach truck.  The
>    loss of a great slide guitarist.
>    
>    "Little Martha" is a great song, I've been trying to learn it for
>    awhile. It would be nice as a duet also.
>    

No, you are incorrect. Eat A Peach is dedicated to Duane, but the live material,
as well as Stand Back, Blue Skies, and Little Martha all were recorded 
with Duane prior to his death. Only side 1 of the album was recorded after
he died.

Incidently, Little Martha is in open E tuning and is very simply to 
play in that tuning.

Scott

193.9Grossman & RenbournBARNUM::MYERSTue Mar 17 1987 20:0116
    Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn did several duets on a live
    album - I think it is called  "Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn-
    Live in Concert".  A few of the duets that come to mind are:
    
    The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
    Loopers Corners
    Candyman
    
    Renbourn & Grossman have put together  a book containing
    tablature for several duets.  It is available from Stefan Grossman's
    Guitar Workshop ( unfortunately I have lost the address for that).
    
    BTW, I would be interested in getting together with anyone in the
    Boston area to work on fingerpicking duets.
    
    ---Gary
193.10a hopefully not too obscure reference...BMT::BAUERMon Jul 13 1987 23:2711
    I don't know if you'll be able to find their recordings in Oz, but
    there are a couple of guitarists by the name of Ruskin and Ross
    recording on Revere Records (California label) who do a superb job
    fingerpicking relatively standard material.  "Sounds Familiar, Vol.
    1" is a collection of 60's and 70's rock/folk/pop covers that could
    keep you busy a while figuring 'em out.  They have an album of Carols
    and gospel stuff out as well that I've heard on NPR but have never
    seen.
    
    - Evan Bauer
      SWS New York
193.11blue guitars....CHEFS::IMMSAIs there life after breakfast?Fri Dec 23 1988 11:104
    Try the Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang duets.
    
    andy