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Recommend me stuff like Richard Youngs and Alexander Tucker

I'm after stuff like those guys and people like James Blackshaw, Jack Rose, Voice of the Seven Woods... sort of contemporary John Fahey-esque guitar music, droney, hypnotic whatever...

robbie basho, steffan basho junghans, tetuzi akiyama, sir richard bishop

Cheers, I've got some Basho and Bishop but the other two are new to me, going to explore now

If you like those you might also like what Alastair Galbraith does.

http://www.emperorjones.com/galbraith.html

I just tracked down this excellent compilation of this type of stuff, I don't really know how to describe it...

Wayfarers all - Guitar Soli

Lots of lovely stuff on there.

if you like alexander tucker you should check out fursaxa too

Human Bell is pretty neat too. Something between John Fahey and early Godspeed you Black Emperor.

hisato higuchi is worth checking out if you like james blackshaw and loren connors. also, glen jones has some good stuff.

Paul Metzger
Harris Newman

Glad I saw this thread, thanks.

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Originally Posted by jimbrim

hisato higuchi

seconded

I've upped these before, but if you like you can check out the 3" CDR I did in 2005, attempting my own version of this style. I'm no Jack Rose, but these two pieces can be had here for anyone who is curious.

I have never heard of Hisato Higuchi, so thanks for that.

Cheers for the suggestions guys, really enjoying Roy Montgomery

Is Six Organs of Admittance too obvious?

Jozef Van Wissem (lute player. Seen him play in a fantastic duo with Tetuzi Akiyama)

This young chap from Ireland named Cian Nugent

Older folks:
Peter Walker

Sandy Bull

Munir Bashir (Iraqi oud player)

Also if you like the ragtime style guitar stuff that Jack Rose does you should definitely give Elizabeth Cotten a listen.

Shit, James Blackshaw, Jozef Van Wissem and Cian Nugent all play on the same night as Rollins comes to town, decisions, decisions

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

You really are a fantastic musician, Mr. Clone.

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Seconded, that's lovely

L Holy Letters CD
Holy Letters is a barely-circulated masterpiece of deeply felt self-expression. Recorded in 1989/1990 by Hiroyuki Usui, Holy Letters beautifully captures the spirit and substance of a half-dozen of the key sub-underground pillars of sound. Working with guitar, vocals, vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, digeridoo, and more, Usui-san blends delicate folk, psychedelia, and experimental sounds into a mostly subdued but undeniably glowing suite. The layered but careful instrumentation on tracks like the epic "Holy Letters" and "Troll" backs the alternately plain-spoken and crooning vocals perfectly. Odd touches like snatches of throat singing and bowed vibraphone leap out of the mix at just the right time. There are overt references to the blues (the first track is an oblique cover of "Cold Was The Ground") - but other than the occassional slide guitar touch, the connection is overwhelmingly in the timeless feeling and atmosphere. I can hardly think of anything else like "Holy Letters," but suffice to say if you like Richard Youngs, Popol Vuh, Six Organs of Admittance, Tim Buckley, acid-folk, japanese underground - anything like that - this is an essential purchase. Really, I'm not doing it justice. Holy Letters was self-released by Hiro in 1994, primarily to be given away to friends. A handful of copies were sold via Tokyo's Modern Music/PSF operation in Japan and by Forced Exposure in the US, but other than that, it disappeared completely. Hiroyuki Usui's name pops up in several intriguing places in the apparently still underdocumented Japanese underground lexicon. While he now concentrates mostly on Digieridoo (and his profession of garden design), he once played drums in Fushitsusha (late 70's/early 80's), A-Musik (with the legendary vocalist Phew), Marble Sheep, and several other true-underground outfits.
The CD includes the entire CD and 7" from the original package, plus an alternate version of "Troll" from the original sessions. The reissue is in a gatefold folio with a 20 page booklet including previously unpublished photos and new liner notes by Hiroyuki Usui and Ben Chasny (included in both Japanese and English). 14 Tracks, 69 Minutes CD $10

Thanks for the kind words.

Josh Burkett is a good one too, come to think of it.
From the older generation, Davey Graham's instrumentals are pretty damn amazing.
Indian slide guitar players Brij Bhushan Kabra and Debashish Bhattacharya yield amazingly rewarding listening as well.