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Brooks Williams
Guitar Player
Genres: Folk, New Age, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Bakerloo
2. Gentle Rain
3. Working Dog
4. The Bright Field
5. Jaguar
6. Happy Chappy
7. Some Other Time
8. The Drowsey Bee
9. Triangular Situations
10. All that is Gold
11. Jesu, Joy of man's desiring
12. Aguinaldo Jibra
13. Far Away
14. In Christ There is No East or West
15. South Hill
16. I Bid you Goodnight

Well known and highly regarded singer/songwriter Brooks Williams releases this collection of guitar instrumentals on the GRAMMY winning label Solid Air Records. Williams style is a brilliant mixture of John Fahey and Jose... more »

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All Artists: Brooks Williams
Title: Guitar Player
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Solid Air Records
Original Release Date: 3/29/2005
Release Date: 3/29/2005
Genres: Folk, New Age, Pop, Rock
Styles: Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 614145204928, 614145204928

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Brooks' Finest Yet

Arcane | 04/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"On first hearing Guitar Player, I was reminded of the impact that John Fahey's 6 & 12 String Guitar had on me 30 years ago. Guitar Player is a breakthrough recording of acoustic music, and Brooks' finest yet. There are a great variety of tunes: fiddle tunes, contemporary classical, gospel, blues, brazilian, and some rearrangements of Brooks' concert standards, all performed brilliantly. The recording has a presence that permits finger noise, guitar overtones, and even the rain, to confirm that you are listening to live music played by a master.

My favorite tunes so far include Far Away, a contradance waltz written Peter Jung; Aguinaldo Jibara, a traditional tune from Puerto Rico, and The Drowsy Bee, an original. Brooks' chord melody arrangements are are usually understated, occasionally flashy; most often they sound "just right."

If you enjoy beautiful acoustic music played on some of the finest acoustic guitars being built today, you won't regret this purchase."