If you really love guitar and if you really love music then you probably already know the name of Lenny Breau. If you don't, I hope this will introduce him to you. Lenny Breau (1941-1984) was a real genius, being a total master of the instrument and a visionary and infinitely creative musician. While most guitar players devote themselves to a single guitar idiom, Breau could play country, classical, jazz and flamenco with total adhesion to the aesthetics of every style. More than that, he created a new and personal language, exploring the guitar with a pianistic approach that led him to develop new techniques in order to play melody and chord at the same time, as we can hear and see:
Beautiful playing can often be an overused description but what else can you say? Lenny brought you inside his guitar and you just hung in the air with the sound. Thanks for this video which is as good an example as any!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Arkiver: Lenny had something in his sound that only the real great ones have.
ReplyDeleteI've watched this video 1000 times myself and never get tired of it.
Thanks for your comment, all the best.
Thanks for this. A really swingin nice version of Georgia!
ReplyDeleteYou ay want to check out this radio documentary on Lenny, narrated by Lenny's son Chet Breau, also a guitarist....
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/programs/2009/09/on-the-trail-of-lenny-breau.html
Can anyone say, "Looking out for #1." The riff???? How familiar is the riff,.. Randy?
ReplyDeleteGod bless Him and his talent. You"ve impressed so many, yet so many are yet to learn. I look forward to knowing more, the late bloomer I am. RIP my son.