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Alec Stone Sweet "Tumblin' Gap" ....clawhammer acoustic guitar solos
1. Polly Put the Kettle On (2:39) 2. Farewell Trion
(2:48) 3. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2:47) 4. Sally Cooper/The
Last of Sizemore (2:27) 5. Dennis Murphy’s/The £42 Cheque/John Ryan’s
(3:13) 6. Texas (3:07) 7. Falls of Richmond (5:01) 8. The Joke on the
Puppy (2:22) 9. Itzikel (3:09) 10. Angeline (3:34) 11. Cluck Old Hen
(2:33) 12. Waiting for Nancy (4:14) 13. Chasing the Moon (2:24) 14.
Tumblin’ Gap (3:09) 15. Black-Eyed Susie (2:09) 16. Joe Bane’s Reel
(1:54)
“Spacious, haunting and exquisite clawhammer guitar.”
- RADIO NATIONAL AUSTRALIA
“Effortless, almost ethereal lyricism.”
- AMAZON REVIEWS
Alec Stone Sweet “Tumblin Gap” SACD 2053 CD
Presented by Doug Spencer / Radio National Australia
Summary:
What could possibly connect The Clawhammer Guitar Home Page to
Professor Alec Stone Sweet’s The Judicial Construction of Europe,
published last year by Oxford University Press? Their author is the
very same, guitar-toting man! Tumblin’ Gap is his new, second CD of
solo acoustic guitar. Most pieces are traditional Appalachian tunes.
All are beautifully played, with a singular combination of 'robust'
& 'haunting' that is in part the fruit of Alec applying to his
guitar the picking techniques used by
‘ole-timey’/’mountain’/’clawhammer’ banjo pickers. They’re also the
fruit of his respect & love for the tunes themselves.
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Alec Stone Sweet, Tumblin' Gap: Clawhammer Guitar Solos |
| | By Ron Forbes-Roberts Acoustic Guitar Magazine |
Alec Stone Sweet didn’t just transpose 16 oldtime dance tunes,
Appalachian folk pieces, and originals from clawhammer banjo to guitar
for this album; to preserve the idiomatic flavor of these melodic,
mostly modal pieces, Stone Sweet transposes, as best he can, the
clawhammer style itself to guitar. To approximate the five-string banjo
sound on many pieces, Stone Sweet retunes his guitar and replaces his
low E with a high treble string to create tunings like the G G D G B D
setup he uses on “Farewell Trion.” He also uses the thumb/index-finger
clawhammer banjo picking technique to play the melodies and drones of
these tunes. The entrancing result is enhanced by the sonority and rich
sustain of Stone Sweet’s guitar. The material is a good mix of
well-known tunes—“Angeline” and “Cluck Old Hen,” among them—and more
obscure pieces, like “Texas” and “Joe Bane’s Reel.” Throughout, Stone
Sweet’s rhythmic sense and phrasing are spot on, and he gives the music
the drive it needs without ever sounding hurried or overwhelming the
simple melodies. Compulsory listening for guitar fans, Tumblin’ Gap is the kind of surprising recording that inspires new guitar movements.
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| Artist: |
Alec Stone Sweet |
| Product Type: |
AMR CDs |
| Item #: |
SACD2053 |
| Price: |
$15.00 $10.05 |
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