They played this at his funeral. I fronted for him at a place called It's Here in Chicago. He was the best singer/player I've run into first hand in my life, Intend to continue doing a number of his songs and keeping his talant/memory alive.
Same here, 20/20 lockdown, iv'e just discovered Isaacs memorial facebook page, its great. I have the same model Takemini Isaac played after his Martin, its a Takemini Pro 5 J I was playing folk clubs as a back up artist for bands, doing some of Isaacs stuff in my own way, now I am stuck at home, but making some vidz and sharing on his page. Are you a member?
Great talent, singer song writer, guitarist and performer who never got the recognition he deserved i saw him in a number of venues in the Northeast and he was always excellent. Has an interesting biography on Wiki that shows what a talent he was.
Thank you for posting this vid. It is priceless! We are fortunate to have several others by Isaac on YT, but it seems to me that this one in particular captures the “conspiratorial” nature of his performances - Artist and audience exchanging energy, intimacy and maintaining sensitivity throughout. The camera-work is excellent and captures Isaac’s playing technique for the many of us who often wonder, “How does he do that?” (I write deliberately in the present tense here, as the magic lives on!) That said, I prefer to simply absorb the totality of Isaac’s music, rather than to analyse it too much. One interesting point for the sharp-eyed: I see he has a sliver of match-stick or some-such, jammed under his 6th string at the nut. Presumably this measure was to prevent string-rattle against the frets when he de-tuned this string to D. He liked a low action! (Tyneside, England.)
spring74light Hi there, I enjoyed reading your comment. You’re absolutely right about the conspiratorial nature of his gigs. It was very much a word of mouth situation with everyone feeling very lucky to be in the room that night. The nut adjustment is actually a tiny piece of bone to keep the guitar intonated in drop D tuning. It was one of several ingenious modifications Isaac made to the instrument over the years.
OMG I just realized from BristolRon saying he played this in 1995, in just five years he died!???????? I still don't get it? God bless U Isaac my friend!
They played this at his funeral. I fronted for him at a place called It's Here in Chicago. He was the best singer/player I've run into first hand in my life, Intend to continue doing a number of his songs and keeping his talant/memory alive.
Same here, 20/20 lockdown, iv'e just discovered Isaacs memorial facebook page, its great. I have the same model Takemini Isaac played after his Martin, its a Takemini Pro 5 J I was playing folk clubs as a back up artist for bands, doing some of Isaacs stuff in my own way, now I am stuck at home, but making some vidz and sharing on his page. Are you a member?
sad loss he may be gone but his music WILL remain
Stunning master artist. If he seems lost in his world he was kind enough to let us have a glimpse and a listen of incredible musicianship. RIP
Many thanks for posting, its priceless
Great talent, singer song writer, guitarist and performer who never got the recognition he deserved i saw him in a number of venues in the Northeast and he was always excellent. Has an interesting biography on Wiki that shows what a talent he was.
Thank you for posting this vid. It is priceless! We are fortunate to have several others by Isaac on YT, but it seems to me that this one in particular captures the “conspiratorial” nature of his performances - Artist and audience exchanging energy, intimacy and maintaining sensitivity throughout. The camera-work is excellent and captures Isaac’s playing technique for the many of us who often wonder, “How does he do that?” (I write deliberately in the present tense here, as the magic lives on!) That said, I prefer to simply absorb the totality of Isaac’s music, rather than to analyse it too much.
One interesting point for the sharp-eyed: I see he has a sliver of match-stick or some-such, jammed under his 6th string at the nut. Presumably this measure was to prevent string-rattle against the frets when he de-tuned this string to D. He liked a low action!
(Tyneside, England.)
spring74light Hi there, I enjoyed reading your comment. You’re absolutely right about the conspiratorial nature of his gigs. It was very much a word of mouth situation with everyone feeling very lucky to be in the room that night.
The nut adjustment is actually a tiny piece of bone to keep the guitar intonated in drop D tuning. It was one of several ingenious modifications Isaac made to the instrument over the years.
Great singer and player, I saw him in a small local pub in the UK in the mid seventies, awesome, died way to soon
54 yrs old on new years eve 2000. OMG has it been that long?! I miss him
THANKS RON! the first inst he played, Isaac actually taught me all of it and i always play 'Surrendel' everytime i play live! EXELLENT
This ❤
i am quite sure i was here this night , saw him often there
absolutely mint!
5:42, That bass line is so slinky, I worked the prog out until that point, but still struggling with it exact!
I can ID the first tune as Surrendel. Who can name the others?
OMG I just realized from BristolRon saying he played this in 1995, in just five years he died!???????? I still don't get it? God bless U Isaac my friend!