stewliscious wrote:
Well, that ain't just a regular guy, and by no means is that song played on a regular guitar.


I walked into a bagel shop here in town, and they were playing a Hedges/Manring duet, the Neil Young cover took me far away.

I said, "Who the heck is that?"

I went to search out the album, but couldn't find the one with After the Goldrush. Instead, I got Micheal's "Watching My Life Go By," which included his cover of "All Along the Watchtower." Fancy that about a week later, I got to see him perform at the tiny jazz club known locally as the Kauumba.

Out walks Micheal with a Martin 6 string, and he launches into All Along the Watchtower. My jaw hit the floor, I had no idea that what I'd been listening to on the album was just Micheal with a silly acoustic guitar--6 strings in all, with no over dubs.

And after all that time, I'd thought the track was composed with two over-dubbed guitars!

Even more amazing is that he didn't swap out his guitar after the song. Such a funky tuning, for sure, any other player would have grabbed another box that was tuned correctly for the next song. But without comparing strings, Micheal tuned up again, and launched again into another mind-bending number.

And that's the way it was for the rest of the evening, every song a new tuning, and he'd tune each string by ear, without comparing string tones. I was lucky in that I got to see him play about 10 times live. Yes Mr. Micheal, we miss you, and your soul.

beautiful music...  love it...
 

 Lewis_Moon wrote: 

Wow...  I just looked it up...  that is so sad...  love this music...

 (former member) wrote: 
Sadly...was.

 msymmes wrote: 

Yes... Hedges is an incredible artist...

 

Very nice!!

wow, i started doing something after rodrigo and gabrielle but this one was amazing, i stopped what i was doing and just sat still, completely content to listen to the music

 calypsus_1 wrote: 
Same set this evening—worth hanging around for.

Thought it was Trace Bundy!

Excellent guitar work!

He was just so good.

awesome music from the virtuoso with the lightning fingers...  love it...

 

 dalemarushy wrote: 
Let's hear more John Butler on RP!

 parnoldo wrote: 
I was lucky enough to see Michael open for Shadowfax maybe around '86 or '87, he really was extraordinary.  Shadowfax wasn't half bad either, I really dug their Shamanic Fusion thing.

I'll bet that Michael and Jimi are having a rocking good time
 

ah^^
RP is always a source for new-found-goodies. never heard this before - beuatiful!

Very Reminiscent of John Butler (or Vice Versa).  Only Butlers "Ocean" knocks the socks off of this song.

this guy was crazy good.  loved that live cd...

Michael Hedges is my all time favorite acoustic player. Discovered the Aerial Boundries LP when in college in the eighties and was blown away. Almost twenty-five years later and I'm still blown away every time I hear him. Very disappointing that I never got to see him live. More Michael Hedges on RP!

 stewliscious wrote: 
Saw him at the Gordon Center for performing arts in Reisterstown, MD in the late 90's and he did the same thing.  Has to be the best concert I ever saw because of the small venue and the quality of music. 

Reminds me of Don Alder, world finger style champion.  Good Guy, too.

this is okay but i always loved the stuff with his old group benson and hedges.

Yahh! Luv it.

 healyf52 wrote: 
Very cool, thanks! Don Ross is another great guitarist. In fact there is a Youtube video of Andy McKee and Don Ross playing together. But here's one of Don on his own:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip111lXjDSs

I have a friend who used to be a roadie for Hedges.  He actually got to go on stage once to play some kind of hand-drum, but he was a bit too surprised (it wasn't planned...) to really do anything with the drum, like keep proper time...

Great music, tragic loss.

 inindian wrote: 

Yeah, this is cool...

One of the best pieces of music ever!