Andy, that was SO well done, I can't even put it into words. The musical ideas are so incredibly restless and always changing. I can hear your musical expressions/experience come through in all you are playing. Thanks so much!
Wow ! Old Tyme and Celtic fiddle meet jazz. Moving bass lines while flat-picking, Leo Kotke-esque staccato, a little Rice and a bluesy bend to round it out. You never met a genre that you didn't like (though I didn't hear any Madonna influence... THANK YOU !!!), all rolled up into two masterpieces . Now I have to go back and see if there were any Wes Montgomery octave licks. THANK you, and thanks to UA-cam for linking this vid my way.
Excellent music expertly played. Cross-picking, interesting harmony and counterpoint, clean, willing to take a rest all makes it super. thanks and good luck.
Hi Andy. Just to tell you that I became instanteously a big fan. So much definition, feeling and inspiration in what you play. I've just bought the tabs from your website. Pity I'm so far. I'll have taken course. Etienne from France
etienne844 so cool! Thank you for the kind words. I'll be coming to Italy next May to teach at Roberto Della Vecchia's camp. A little closer, though not France.
Amazing! That's probably the most creative solo guitar version I've heard of these songs. Nice sounding guitar too! I might spike your video hits trying to figure out some these guitar parts just FYI. Nicely done!
beautiful stuff man, and greetings from the Berklee College of Music in Boston! love your voice on these tunes, some of the most unique flatpicking I've heard to date.
Sweet, man, thanks. Berklee's a great school, I had some friends who went out there and learned a ton (to say the least!) Keep picking, hope to make it out to Boston sometime, heard it's a great city. P.S. don't forget to vote (shameless self-promotion).
Incredible! Still trying to figure out if its inspiring or making me want to throw out my own guitar... In any case- wonderful to hear! Truly masterful!
Hi--thank you! I really love chords, and keep at it, from high school and college up to now. I really like jazz and classical music, and the whole idea of dominant 7th chords resolving.
The guitar was made by Gary Bray, from East Peoria, IL. He taught me to build while we build it. It's the bomb! The top is just highly bearclawed sitka.
Hey Andy, are you wearing some custom earplugs? Or are those monitors? I've got some tinnitus, I also had hyperacusis in high school like you(you did mention this in your Winfield story right). I use earplugs for my electric band, but not for acoustic stuff.
hey Jordan, good eye. Those are custom earplugs. This is the loudest guitar on the planet, in a reflective room, and I wanted to play aggressively, so I wore ear plugs for this recording.
Jordan Riehm Hey Jordan, went to an ent and had an audiologist fit me. They pour a mold in your ear and send them off. I got all three sets of filters, 9 db, 15db, and 25. If I had to do it again, I'd just get the 15. Total was $250 with all filters. Well worth the money. It would have been $150 if I only got the 15's. I wish I got them 20 years ago, man. They sound good, and still allow you to make musical decisions. So much better than anything I could get from guitar center, and I tried them all. Peace, and good luck with them. The filter brand was Etymotics.
I keep coming back to this, it is a masterwork.
Terrific. Original, inventive, heart-felt and beautifully played.
Very nice!!! I just seen this was 9 years ago. Still GREAT JOB!
Stellar. I really enjoyed both tunes but that is the coolest version of turkey in the straw I've heard.
thanks!
sweet Nana Louise... that was absolutely amazing
you cud live a thousand years and never be able to play like that !!! its mind boggling !!!! pure genius !!!
Andy, that was SO well done, I can't even put it into words. The musical ideas are so incredibly restless and always changing. I can hear your musical expressions/experience come through in all you are playing. Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Wow ! Old Tyme and Celtic fiddle meet jazz. Moving bass lines while flat-picking, Leo Kotke-esque staccato, a little Rice and a bluesy bend to round it out. You never met a genre that you didn't like (though I didn't hear any Madonna influence... THANK YOU !!!), all rolled up into two masterpieces .
Now I have to go back and see if there were any Wes Montgomery octave licks. THANK you, and thanks to UA-cam for linking this vid my way.
Wonderfully inventive. Adventuresome and beautifully played.
I voted for you Andy, the most Jedi of the finalists. inspiring, thanks.
Seriously amazing.
Dude.. that is phenomenal!..I totally aspire to pick that fluently!....Thanks for sharing your talent!.
Excellent music expertly played. Cross-picking, interesting harmony and counterpoint, clean, willing to take a rest all makes it super. thanks and good luck.
thanks!
Ok, you got my attention with the octave displacements, I'm really listening now and it is good. Thanks.
Thanks, David
@@mandohat You are most welcome. It's cold and crisp here in Scotland, no doubt the same in Newcastle. Thanks for warming these tunes !
This is simply amazing, Andy! I learn something every time I watch you play. Congrats on your finish at Renofest 2017!
Michael Reilly thanks Michelle! had a great trip to SC, renofest is a terrific event.
beautiful arrangement and virtuosity.
Hey man, this is wonderful! Really nice work.
GG, thank you for the compliment. Absolutely love your playing and your album. Peace, God Bless, AH
I saw this guy at kaufmans kamp and he done a great job and great show.
Very sweet playing indeed sir
Excellent, just pure excellent.
..how did this not win the challenge?...astonishingly fine playing.
Hi Andy, your lovely arrangements will soon be reverberating around a small part of Northern England as I just bought the tab from your website. :)
Thank you, good sir! I hope to make it to England one day when it's safe to travel again.
wow this is amazing!!
Hi Andy. Just to tell you that I became instanteously a big fan. So much definition, feeling and inspiration in what you play. I've just bought the tabs from your website. Pity I'm so far. I'll have taken course. Etienne from France
etienne844 so cool! Thank you for the kind words. I'll be coming to Italy next May to teach at Roberto Della Vecchia's camp. A little closer, though not France.
astounding!
god.
DAMN.
INCREDULOUS.
Really great work on this! You make that guitar sound the way it should!
Thanks, Steve!
Outstanding!!
Honestly.. You wouldn't believe how difficult that is to play.. a master player at what he does.. Great guitarist Indeed..super player.
that was great man!..excellent arrangements!
So Beautiful, I will say this again, So Beautiful!
Very skilfull rendition!
release an album... i could listen to this all day.
_Brilliant!_
Well, time to go practice!
So Cool! Great Playing!Thank you!:)
Chills!
Wow man... great job. Good luck!
Amazing! That's probably the most creative solo guitar version I've heard of these songs. Nice sounding guitar too! I might spike your video hits trying to figure out some these guitar parts just FYI. Nicely done!
thanks!
beautiful stuff man, and greetings from the Berklee College of Music in Boston! love your voice on these tunes, some of the most unique flatpicking I've heard to date.
Sweet, man, thanks. Berklee's a great school, I had some friends who went out there and learned a ton (to say the least!) Keep picking, hope to make it out to Boston sometime, heard it's a great city. P.S. don't forget to vote (shameless self-promotion).
Amazing - I hope you win!
Nicely rendered.
Superb.
you get my vote
amazing player simple as that
Very cool!
Incredible! Still trying to figure out if its inspiring or making me want to throw out my own guitar... In any case- wonderful to hear! Truly masterful!
Thanks, man! Keep pickin!
wow man, that was phenomenol
+Arthur Pendragon Thanks, man!
awesome!
Awesome!
Thanks, TC! Means a lot coming from a monster picker like yourself!
that was NICE !!!
Very very Nice and Interesting!
Excellent pickin!
So smart.
Derrick Hart thanks, Hart, we had some good times picking and singing! good to hear from you, A
Very awesome and unique reminds me of Mark O'Connor with less useless notes
Great
maestro
Wow
This is class well done..
Dang!!!!!!!
May I ask from where you learned all those beautiful harmonic ideas?
Just gorgeous!
Hi--thank you! I really love chords, and keep at it, from high school and college up to now. I really like jazz and classical music, and the whole idea of dominant 7th chords resolving.
Great. I don't need speed nylon. Music first, technique second.
hey you came to my school the other day!!!!
Had a great time playing for Mrs. Brown's class! you have a wonderful teacher, and a great school. Peace, and God Bless, Mr. Andy
i dont know if you saw me i was kinda in the back and i was in the 5th grade.
Say Hi to Mrs. Brown for me!
Great arrangement. How old were you when you started playing guitar?
Thanks! 13 or 14.
Who made your guitar? Sounds really good. The top looks amazing!
The guitar was made by Gary Bray, from East Peoria, IL. He taught me to build while we build it. It's the bomb! The top is just highly bearclawed sitka.
Nice :-)
Did you make those diffusers? If so, do you have the plans? Incredible playing!
Thanks! they are styrofoam, a friend gave them to me when he downsized houses.
Hey Andy, are you wearing some custom earplugs? Or are those monitors? I've got some tinnitus, I also had hyperacusis in high school like you(you did mention this in your Winfield story right). I use earplugs for my electric band, but not for acoustic stuff.
hey Jordan, good eye. Those are custom earplugs. This is the loudest guitar on the planet, in a reflective room, and I wanted to play aggressively, so I wore ear plugs for this recording.
Thanks for replying Andy, where did u get them made? How much were they if you don't mind saying.
Jordan Riehm
Hey Jordan, went to an ent and had an audiologist fit me. They pour a mold in your ear and send them off. I got all three sets of filters, 9 db, 15db, and 25. If I had to do it again, I'd just get the 15. Total was $250 with all filters. Well worth the money. It would have been $150 if I only got the 15's. I wish I got them 20 years ago, man. They sound good, and still allow you to make musical decisions. So much better than anything I could get from guitar center, and I tried them all. Peace, and good luck with them. The filter brand was Etymotics.
Sickness
very David Grierish but still recognizable unlike his 5 million worthless notes