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Best examples of acoustic playing?

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TedTed Frets: 126
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For me, with a very mainstream taste, the two best examples are:

1. Simon and Garfunkel's 'Mrs Robinson' - presumably this was Simon himself, rather than a session musician, I believe he used a Guild 12 string.

2. Neil Diamond's cover of 'Mr Bojangles' - I think the acoustic work on this was done by a session musician, rather than Diamond himself, but I could be wrong.

It would be interesting to learn of other peoples examples. 

(I like to aim high, even if I keep missing).
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Martin Simpson, Pierre Benusan and Nick Drake to name but a few. 

    Of the younger generation Toby Hay and Ben Morgan-Brown. 
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  • TedTed Frets: 126
    Thanks! but i was really asking for specific songs/pieces rather than artists, but I will investigate the above names.
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  • wrinkleygitwrinkleygit Frets: 226
    edited March 2020
    Try this, Martin Simpson, Spoonful, 
     https://youtu.be/2wPOIIkvnwU

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  • TenebrousTenebrous Frets: 1287
    edited March 2020
    Sun Kil Moon cover. The original is amazing & so is this cover.



    All 3 of Nick Drakes albums feature some of the best acoustic playing you're likely to hear.



    Elliott Smith is a must, also.



    Nick Drake & Elliott Smith both make my personal top ten list. I've not listened to a whole load of Sun Kil Moon, but everything I have heard has been impressive in one way or another.

    Oh, I quite like this also, but again it's not an artist I've listened to all that much.







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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 881
    https://youtu.be/jIwEOoCdyEY

    Doesn’t come much better 
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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    Andy79 said:
    https://youtu.be/jIwEOoCdyEY

    Doesn’t come much better 

    Fine choice

    Along those lines, here's my addition to this thread



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  • LewyLewy Frets: 3795
    For me, this will always be the acoustic performance against which all others are judged...

    https://youtu.be/9JFgC3Ub10E
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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2600
    Waiting - by Phil Lee, played on the Gilgamesh album "Another fine Tune..."

    It's a solo acoustic piece so it sounds pretty much exactly the same as this guy doing a version, you can see what's going on a bit better.


    Feelin' Reelin' & Squeelin'
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  • shufflebeatshufflebeat Frets: 93
    Recently deceased - Arty McGlynn


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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2600
    Tony Cuffe,





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  • shufflebeatshufflebeat Frets: 93
    It seems the older the recording the less apparent effort they seem to show and the more easy the flow.

    Maybe I'm imagining it.
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7202
    shufflebeat said:
    It seems the older the recording the less apparent effort they seem to show and the more easy the flow.

    Maybe I'm imagining it.
    You're not, the older musicians had better marijuana back then.
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  • fendergibsonfendergibson Frets: 544
    Anything by Tommy Emmanuel 
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    edited March 2020
    can't go wrong with a bit of Tim O'Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWx-GVhKZwg

    and I really like the playing of Nick Jones, one of the more underrated of the brit folk scene

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KzrUlflOV0

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • shufflebeatshufflebeat Frets: 93
    Up until about 18mths ago I played like this but eventually gave in to conventional "wisdom". When I see this I'm not so sure I made the right choice:


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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    John Butler. I don't usually go in for rhythmy tappy scrapy guitar playing but this is exceptional

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • FuengiFuengi Frets: 2843
    I do love the organic, freeform nature of Josh T Pearson's playing. Emphasised here with the diegetic soundtrack of the city. 



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  • TedTed Frets: 126
    Fuengi said:
    I do love the organic, freeform nature of Josh T Pearson's playing. Emphasised here with the diegetic soundtrack of the city. 



    I would'nt have thought it possible to achieve the level of physical co-ordination needed to play at this level and be stoned out of your mind at the same time. But he seems to have squared the circle.
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  • FuengiFuengi Frets: 2843
    edited March 2020
    Ted said:
    Fuengi said:
    I do love the organic, freeform nature of Josh T Pearson's playing. Emphasised here with the diegetic soundtrack of the city. 



    I would'nt have thought it possible to achieve the level of physical co-ordination needed to play at this level and be stoned out of your mind at the same time. But he seems to have squared the circle.
    "There is a fine line between genius and shit".

    Quote - Josh T Pearson. 
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  • jackorionjackorion Frets: 27
    drofluf said:
    Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Martin Simpson, Pierre Benusan and Nick Drake to name but a few. 

    Of the younger generation Toby Hay and Ben Morgan-Brown. 
    Hey! Cheers for the name check, a nice group of players to be included with!

    I'd go for Bert Jansch everyday of the week, but I also really like James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg and Julian Lage at the moment...
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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 22257
    Tommy Emmanuel

    The man's a magician. 
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  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 3144
    jackorion said:
    drofluf said:
    Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Martin Simpson, Pierre Benusan and Nick Drake to name but a few. 

    Of the younger generation Toby Hay and Ben Morgan-Brown. 
    Hey! Cheers for the name check, a nice group of players to be included with!

    I'd go for Bert Jansch everyday of the week, but I also really like James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg and Julian Lage at the moment...
    You're welcome :)
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  • pjfpjf Frets: 304
    Chuck some John Martyn in there! "May You Never" and the perhaps not-so-appropriately titled "Easy Blues"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZf-ptmi2U
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  • Tadragh1Tadragh1 Frets: 70
    edited March 2020
    I definitely have to recommend John Smith:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYMhkkgtGQ
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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3178
    James Taylor - Classic era

    Friday Night in San Francisco - John Mc Laughlin, Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia

    Neon - acoustic version by John Mayer (Drop C on the E)

    I really like this by the late Michael Hedges


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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3178
    Oh and this and there's a version with a vocalist



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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    Fuengi said:
    Ted said:
    Fuengi said:
    I do love the organic, freeform nature of Josh T Pearson's playing. Emphasised here with the diegetic soundtrack of the city. 



    I would'nt have thought it possible to achieve the level of physical co-ordination needed to play at this level and be stoned out of your mind at the same time. But he seems to have squared the circle.
    "There is a fine line between genius and shit".

    Quote - Josh T Pearson. 
    It's a shame he never released his material he wrote in between LTE and the his solo debut, however there was a bootleg which is on YT though.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    edited March 2020
    Plenty of good suggestions already so I'm going to nominate Robert Johnson. His timing was extraordinary. 

    drofluf said:
    Richard Thompson
    1952 Vincent Black Lightning is frequently cited but the solo acoustic version of I Feel So Good seems to have about three parts going on ... which brings us back to Tommy Emmanuel and, of course, Chet Atkins.
    Be seeing you.
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    Love the Ann Wilson intro to Crazy On You by Heart.
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • fobfob Frets: 1430
    Like @Lewy , Tony Rice was an immediate thought but, seeing he'd been mentioned, Pat Flynn jumped into my head. This isn't an 'acoustic guitar' song like most mentioned (and I think being requested by the OP) but worth an outing:


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