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

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

nope - this guy was from the south - Georgia or the Carolinas in the radio  
interview
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:30:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<  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

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