Cheap Bluegrass Guitar (Music) (Bryan Sutton) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of Bluegrass Guitar

Currently holds the baton once held by White, Watson, Rice..
What are the elements that go into making an instrumental virtuoso? I submit the following:
1. Technique - the ability to physically make the chosen instrument vibrate in a way that the novice simply does not possess. This encompasses not only things like speed, but far more importantly - accuracy and tone.
2. Interpretation - this means the players ability to play the chosen music in a way that is not only technically good - but also, and way more important - in an interesting way that engages your ears and mind and imagination.
3. Ability to play with other musicians - the world is full of talented virtuosos who's playing all but screams "look at me", but the more accomplished musicians play complex music in the context of some ensemble, and all of the players complement and flavor the result in a way that surpasses what any single virtuoso can do. (With all due respect to the Maestro Mark O'Connor, this characteristic limited his solo records up to "The New Nashville Cats".)

I'm running out of space, but all of the above is to make the point that Bryan Sutton has all of these desirable characteristics in amounts surpassing any other current acoustic guitarist, in my humble opinion. His technique is not only lightning fast, but it is also incredibly complex and endlessly engaging. For examples of how his playing meshes and enhances the work of other players - check out his work on.... let's say Chris Thile's "Not All Who Wander Are Lost" (Stuart Duncan said that pretty much all the charts for this record were done by Mr. Sutton) or on Ricky Skagg's "Bluegrass Rules". The previously mentioned Mark O'Connor waited a long time for the "ultimate" musicians to join him in reinterpretations of previously recorded works. Considering the musicians available to Mr. O'Connor (Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Bela Fleck to name a few previous collaborators) it is an immense compliment to Bryan Sutton that on Mark's 30 year Retrospective Recording (HIGHLY recommended also) that he chose as co-soloists Chris Thile and Bryan Sutton.

Mark O'Connor, a previous National Flatpicking Champion himself, recognizes something that you should know as well: no one is flatpicking a guitar better than Bryan Sutton right now.

---

This guy is great! No, really !
Driving to work late one night, I turned on my radio and was completely surprised by what I heard. A local PBS station was airing its' weekly show called Traditions, hosted by Mary Cliff. Anyway, the song "Margaret's Waltz" was playing - and it blew me away. It's was such a pure experience. Without getting too sappy, I have to say, it almost had me in tears. Every once in a great while, you'll hear a song for the first time and it just gets to you.

I found out later, this song was by Bryan Sutton, a person whom I have never heard. Well, I ordered the CD from Amazon, and it arrived today. And it is outstanding! I enjoy a variety of styles of music, from one degree or another; bluegrass included.
This is "just right". The only thing that would top this is if he decides to tour, as I'd love to see him play.

Bryan, if you're ever near Washington D.C., you have to come play at the Birchmere.

Buy this CD - it's bound to stick to you.

---

Keeping acoustic music on track
Bryan Sutton's new cd, BLUEGRASS GUITAR, comes to stores at a good time. He and his friends, David Talbot, Tim O'Brian, Tim Crouch, and Dennis Crouch, have rendered a classic set of tunes for bluegrass afficianados. Riding the upward bound rhythms of traditional and contemporary music, sounds of jazz, rhythm and blues, country, and spiritual come off in good style. My favorites: Back Up And Push, Big Sandy River, Storms Are On The Ocean. This cd takes it place in the canon of new acoustic.