Guitar Reels

[BigLicks67]

Has anyone got any good guitar reels for Flatpicked Acoustic Guitar - British or American I'm not fussy.
Many thanks in advance.

[Basher]

I like playing this version of Whiskey Before Breakfast:

It's really well taught here.

Norman Blake's version is a bit more to get your head round but has more of a looser, old-timey feel:



St Anne's Reel and Red Haired Boy are two more popular reels with lessons on YouTube. I would take the same approach with those and look at various versions as it's easy to be thrown when someone plays a B part that's totally different to the one you're expecting.

Also, as with everything musical, it's not the best players that make the best teachers. I tend to just sit and watch Tony Rice, rather than try and learn anything (other than how crap I am)

[BigLicks67]

Thanks Basher.
I'll have a go at these although i was getting RSI just watching Tony Rice !
Anyone got any Scots or Irish ones in standard tuning?

[erictheweary]

I can't help I'm afraid but just to say I watched the Tony Rice clip the other night and his playing looks so effortless. Not the best looking or healthiest looking person on the planet and yet his playing is just sublime. Not my normal bag but I wouldn't mind any recomendations for further listening?

[BigLicks67]

I can't help I'm afraid but just to say I watched the Tony Rice clip the other night and his playing looks so effortless. Not the best looking or healthiest looking person on the planet and yet his playing is just sublime. Not my normal bag but I wouldn't mind any recomendations for further listening?

Perhaps, Basher can help you with this one. All I know about Tony Rice is that he is big news in the States and has a guitar named after him. It's a shame this sort of stuff is not more prevalent in the UK as an alternative to chord strumming or fingerpicking in folk situations, but it seems a bit thin on the ground, if youtube is anything to go by and I know no-one who plays this style.

[colski]

Here's a book I've used in jams and various lessons, some nice easy to read arrangements, can be played as ferociously as you like!
http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Kenn...Guitar/2002968

[Basher]

I can't help I'm afraid but just to say I watched the Tony Rice clip the other night and his playing looks so effortless. Not the best looking or healthiest looking person on the planet and yet his playing is just sublime. Not my normal bag but I wouldn't mind any recomendations for further listening?

I'm not an uber-fan but my favourite albums are:

For his take on bluegrass (no b*njo - yay!), try Manzanita or the instrumental Bluegrass Guitar Collection

He also did a lot of interesting Dawg/Spacegrass music, where he fused bluegrass and jazzier styles to great effect. I really like the stuff he did with the David Grisman Quintet but if you want a more guitar-centric version of that kind of music, check out Devlin

I really like the second of his collaborations with Norman Blake (also shown above). Nice old-timey stuff with some great picking: Blake & Rice 2

[erictheweary]

I'm not an uber-fan but my favourite albums are:

For his take on bluegrass (no b*njo - yay!), try Manzanita or the instrumental Bluegrass Guitar Collection

He also did a lot of interesting Dawg/Spacegrass music, where he fused bluegrass and jazzier styles to great effect. I really like the stuff he did with the David Grisman Quintet but if you want a more guitar-centric version of that kind of music, check out Devlin

I really like the second of his collaborations with Norman Blake (also shown above). Nice old-timey stuff with some great picking: Blake & Rice 2

Brilliant, thanks. I've seen a couple of British bluegrass bands but this seems to be up a level or three.