"Call me nuts, but I find extraordinarily endearing the improbable blend of country music traditionalism and tastefully restrained space-age guitar pyrotechnics that can be heard in these tunes." Yes, friends, the fine folks at WFMU are back with the long-awaited 2nd installment of the tasty and wonderful
Country Fuzz Spectacular!
[more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 24, 2011 -
8 comments
The other day someone asked me "who's the most deeply grooving and truly exciting electric guitar player you've heard lately?" and I said
"this guy".
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Apr 10, 2010 -
82 comments
You really shouldn't miss the snazzy ukulele stylings of the great
Roy Smeck, strummer and showman extraordinaire, who was not only fast as greased lightning, but for whom the ukulele also occasionally functioned as a
wind or
percussion instrument. The man was indeed a
wizard of the strings: just give him a slide and watch him lay down that
Hawaiian sound. And as you'll see
here, he was still going strong in his later years.
[most links to YouTube]
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Mar 23, 2007 -
15 comments
Hans Reichel (
previously) is a man of many talents. His own
site (flash/sound) is fun (often funny) and chock full of agreeably wacky sounds, but can take some time to navigate. Reichel hasn't made it easy for you if you happen to be in a hurry. You may well get stuck somewhere and just give up. That'd be a shame, though, cause you'd miss getting acquainted with the
guitars he makes and plays. Or how he
designs fonts. The
mixing board shenanigans are not to be missed (once you get past those curious little fellows in the brown hats), plus you can sorta kinda play his
daxophone yourself. And of course conduct your own little ensemble of
meercats when one of them finally comes out of hiding and says "Hallo! Play with me".
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 3, 2006 -
6 comments