tommie
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Post by tommie on Nov 20, 2008 1:31:43 GMT
I guess this is a question/comment, really. Obviously on Tull's 1st album, there was no acoustic guitar. The, on "Stand Up" Ian plays a lot of beautiful acoustic guitar and has done so ever since. Just wondering when he first took the instrument up and what experiences were there prior to "Stand Up". We all know his story of seeing a flute in a windo when he was 20(?), practicing a few months and learning it. But I've always found his ac. gui. playing to be extraordinary and was just wond'ing aloud....his history with it. Anyone? Thanx!!!!!!!!
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 20, 2008 21:17:10 GMT
Isn't it amazing, that on top of all his other skills, ian has the talent and found the time to be the boy Joni Mitchell of acoustic guitar? His guitar playing has always impressed me...on Brick and Minstrel, especially, he reaches Richard Thompson level skill.
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tommie
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Post by tommie on Nov 21, 2008 3:58:51 GMT
Agreed, Steel. But does any one know his history w/ the ac. guitar, Self-taught? When did he start, etc?
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Post by sharkdaniel on Nov 27, 2008 0:35:17 GMT
I think he´s just a natural, probably self- taught. Like in every other instrument SD
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 1, 2008 7:37:05 GMT
Agreed, Steel. But does any one know his history w/ the ac. guitar, Self-taught? When did he start, etc? Trawling through my Tull books I found the following info. IA's father bought him his first "real" guitar when he was eleven. In 1963 and now living in Blackpool, IA met Jeffrey Hammond and John Evans and they formed a trio called The Blades. IA on vocals and guitar, JH on bass and JE on drums. After a while they enlisted Michael Stephens from The Atlantics who was also a guitar player. Barrie Barlow joined The Blades on drums in 1964 with JE now playing keyboards. So I guess you could say IA was self taught. As for influences there's possibly a link with Roy Harper who he's always admired but the folk style guitar he plays was "all the rage" at the fag end of the sixties so I reckon he just "absorbed" the styles that he heard at any given time.
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tommie
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Post by tommie on Dec 1, 2008 8:16:19 GMT
Thanks, Maddog. Never knew his father actually encourage his musical side! Thought it was just the opposite.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 1, 2008 9:52:15 GMT
Thanks, Maddog. Never knew his father actually encourage his musical side! Thought it was just the opposite. I always thought this as well but time heals most wounds and I suspect this could be the case in this instance.
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Post by cbwaltzer on Dec 7, 2008 2:03:05 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 7, 2008 4:37:26 GMT
Man...Tull academia is fun....I'm not musical fluent enough to understand much of it but it was a pleasure to read.
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