House of the King/Russell Lloyd

Jan Akkerman's composition "House of the King" is one of the many great tunes from the output of the Dutch fusion band "Focus". Akkerman himself, although no longer a member of the band, is unquestionably one of the world's great guitar virtuosos. The original arrangement featured flute and guitar, and here, it has been arranged for, and performed on classical guitar by Welsh guitarist Russell Lloyd.

[@rzed9067]

Fluent. One of the best rock/ folk intros...

[@dupont135]

Very nice! (You know, I will try that, but the result won't be so good. I play mostly rhythm guitar, not much solo...)

[@russelllloyd6453]

Thank you!

[@AaronBiller-t9r]

Brilliant !!

[@juliantjames]

Probably the best arrangement I've heard of this composition.!!

[@AaronBiller-t9r]

Awesome!

[@russelllloyd6453]

Thank you. I’ve always been a huge fan of Jan Akkerman so i didn’t need any motivation to make this arrangement.

[@cliftonjones7999]

Great!!!! Good interpretation of one of my favourite Focus numbers :-)

[@Tuurke01]

You nailed it totally! That is awesome...very well done!

[@russelllloyd6453]

Thank you. Took a bit of working out.

[@karrot101]

Well done Russel, brilliant as usual :)

[@rokker101]

one of my fave songs by focus .. they always do this live and it was used for so many tv programmes in the 70s .. great to hear your interpretation russ and you are now famous on youtube!

[@russelllloyd6453]

Don't know about that Phil, but thanks for the nice words.

[@colinbartlett9851]

Blimey, that was awesome !!

[@rokker101]

nice one russ my friend .. a brilliant arrangement as usual

[@Perbalter]

Great!!