Fourth Plectrum Podcast - The romantic guitar of Earl Klugh.

Welcome back to my Plectrum Podcasts. Its time to hear some jazzy though romantic guitar music. This podcast is dedicated to Earl Klugh. Earl was born in 16th September 1954, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. He insists that he does not consider himself a jazz player and thinks of Chet Atkins as being his most important influence. I do not totally agree with this statement because I believe that his music is actually jazzy but who am I to disagree on his own idea about his music!

I must say that his music influences my playing even though in comparison with Earl Klugh I rightly consider myself a mere beginner.

I was introduced to Earl Klugh's music by my friend and Acoustika Trio member George Pollacco (the other guitarist of my trio). George is a little older than me and was into jazz before I was too so he was more up to date with what was going on in that field at the time. He gave me some cassettes from his albums to listen to and one of them was an Earl Klugh album which I heard over and over again. Sadly I do not know the name of the album and I never saw it for sale neither. All I know is that it had the track Heard it on the Grapevine in it - a track which I try to reproduce when I play finger-picking style.

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Podcast description:

TRACK 1. Jamaican Winds - from Midnight in San Juan. This is Earl Klugh at his best according to me. This is the Earl Klugh sound I prefer. Most of his albums have this sound anyway but he did try to experiment with playing solo or with orchestras as you will see in the next tracks. This album has a particularly Caribean or Latin feel to it.

TRACK 2. Goldfinger - from Earl Klugh Trio Sound and Vision Volume II. This is the only Earl Klugh album I know of where he plays with his trio, which consisits of himself on guitar, Gene Dunlop on drums and Ralph Armstron on bass. Sadly I do not have volume I. The trio are accompanied by the fabulous Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Nice combination indeed.

TRACK 3. Someday my Prince will come - from Solo Guitar. In contrast with the previous album, Solo Guitar is what I would term "bare" in that one here listens to Earl Klugh and Earl Klugh alone! You can concentrate on his finger-picking style and appreciate his mastery. He interprets some well known songs too and one of them is the one I am bringing to you - it is his interpreatation of the theme from Disney's Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs.

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