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Post by james on Oct 1, 2016 14:18:10 GMT -5
A YouTube of Martin playing around with several of his instruments and talking about them and his tunings and playing and stuff. A pleasant 25 minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2016 2:20:07 GMT -5
The ever present power of a Martin fom the 30s.
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Post by jdd2 on Oct 2, 2016 3:10:05 GMT -5
And Rick Turner comes up there, too, at about 20:40...!
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Post by frazer on Oct 2, 2016 8:28:26 GMT -5
Thanks James. I'll save this for later, with a cup of tea.
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Post by godotwaits on Oct 2, 2016 9:07:49 GMT -5
His more recent "Vagrant Stanzas" is quite a nice cd. Celtic/bluegrass themed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2016 9:55:37 GMT -5
My former girlfriend, Sarah Franklyn, used to manage Simpson when he was married. Made for a good introduction at a NAMM show.
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Post by james on Oct 2, 2016 20:39:54 GMT -5
I'm on the lookout for silk wraps.
My first exposure to Martin was listening to him live on BBC Radio Bristol in the late seventies. The track that made my ears prick was 'Roving Gambler'. I then went to see him live with June Tabor in 1979? and was slayed by the beauty of it. Eventually after much pale emulation, I did a guitar workshop weekend thing with him. It was a splendid jaunt and whilst a bunch of us sat around eating a lovely meal and chatting, Martin said that I ought to listen to a CD of black banjo players of North Carolina (we'd been talking about banjo stuff). I did. It is grand. Anyhow, the clawhammer thread reminded me of Martin's banjo, of which there is a bit in the video.
In my Googling, I found the above YouTube on a nice guitar player forum from which I might steal from time to time. I might be an occasional visitor there too. I'm beginning to ramble a bit.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 2, 2016 22:08:22 GMT -5
I ripped off a Martin Simpson number with this tune:
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Post by PaulKay on Oct 3, 2016 10:13:20 GMT -5
Always loved his playing. I adapted his arrangement of Hard Love to the 7-string because of the tuning he used for it. A very innovative guitar player.
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Post by millring on Oct 3, 2016 16:50:06 GMT -5
Half of one of my favorite brother bands ever. Homer and Martin Simpson.
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