Re: [Harp-L] Re: Doing the Impossible

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guy van Duser is a great player, and he really can sound like he's playing
two guitars at one time. Kind of like some of your multi-part playing,
Richard.

Eric

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> < Interesting story I heard on NPR about an amazing acoustic guitarist -
> <unfortunately, I can't remember his name. The story goes that as a
> <youngster, he was taken by a guitar recording (maybe on a 45 record) and
> it
> <inspired him to learn it off the record, even though it sounded very
> <complicated. Well, he eventually worked it out and it was a basis for his
> <techniques. It was later that he learned that, on the original record, it
> <was actually TWO guitar players playing. Since he didn't know this at
> first,
> <he didn't realize that it was impossible to play what two guitar players
> <played on one guitar, therefore, he figured out a way to do it - in
> essence,
> <doing the impossible, because no one told him it was....
>
> The guitarist is Boston-based Guy van Duser--he told me this story once
> upon a time.  The record he copied was by Les Paul, and it wasn't two
> guitarists playing, it was Les with an echo.  Van Duser thought Les was
> double-picking, and that's the way he learned it.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
>
> author, "Jazz Harp"
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>