Who is Andy McKee??

[TangoWhiskey]

I love guitar music, played a bit myself... but I've never heard of this guy. How'd that happen!? Have I been living in a hole?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1fB62cGbo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmE3QaGetn4&mode

There's more on YouTube from this guy, that's just a sample. Amazing the talent some folks have.

I figure he must be using an alternate tuning?

 

[KennyFlys]

I don't think anything less than a video of his performance could do him justice. Much of the entertainment is how he manipulates a single instrument for a multitude of sounds. Otherwise, it sounds like a couple guitars and acoustics. He's truly a great artist.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

I don't think anything less than a video of his performance could do him justice. Much of the entertainment is how he manipulates a single instrument for a multitude of sounds. Otherwise, it sounds like a couple guitars and acoustics. He's truly a great artist.

I agree. There are only a few artists that can make a guitar (or any other instrument) sound like TWO people are playing at once.

My wife and I had the pleasure of experiencing that in person, in Port Townsend, WA, when we were eating dinner at a little seafood place and Joe Euro was playing, live, on the stage. We bought his CD before we left... he was amazing.

 

[Frank Browne]

Amazing! Thanks for posting those Troy.

 

[Pilawt]

I agree. There are only a few artists that can make a guitar (or any other instrument) sound like TWO people are playing at once.

Here's John Doan playing the equivalent of three guitars at once -- an 1830 Fernando Sor harpolyre. It's believed to be the only one in existence still being performed publicly. This was recorded yesterday morning in our living room: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UAf_5nn9zNI .

A few months ago I heard Doug Smith, national fingerpicking champion, playing Stars And Stripes Forever. You could hear every instrument of the marching band in his guitar. Amazing.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Here's John Doan playing the equivalent of three guitars at once -- an 1830 Fernando Sor harpolyre. It's believed to be the only one in existence still being performed publicly. This was recorded yesterday morning in our living room: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UAf_5nn9zNI .

Wow, what a treat to experience that... right in your own home!! Does he fly, too?

 

[Pilawt]

Wow, what a treat to experience that... right in your own home!! Does he fly, too?

No, John does not fly. He's a professor of music at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. www.johndoan.com