Search - Robert Eldridge :: Eclectic and Mental Guitar Music-solo guitar-Volumes 1 & 2

Bedtime relaxation with mental guitar

Joanna Daneman | Middletown, DE USA | 03/28/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I think I must have played one of my Narada CD's (Guitar Decade) about 1000 times now--it's the kind of thing I like to relax to. Now Robert Eldridge has composed and performed solo guitar that ranges from New Age tuneful to almost ambient and it's now in my alarm clock-CD player for that late-evening-I-need-to-relax headphone time. Also, it's not a bad thing to wake up to.



I love the "Flamenco Equizofrenico" with its guitar ostinato plucking (that's my reveille) and I really admired the opening track "Enlightened." (That's my put-on-the-eyemask-headphone and zone out selection.) For fun, there's some Scott Joplin.



Good news; there are free MP3 downloads here so you can sample these gratis. I have a feeling that if you like what you hear as much as I did, you'll be wanting the entire cd. This one is now in my CD player next to the bed and I don't think it's going to be taken out any time soon."

You Go Buy Now

Caster Jack | the East Coast, USA | 05/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a musician who will not be pigeon-holed into any category, who defies categorization, and who can make something beautiful in everything he touches. Seriously."

ATMOSPHERIC and CHARMING. It will grab you!

The Aeolian Kid | WAMESIT | 04/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Robert Eldridge - Eclectic and Mental Guitar Music ...

Track 1. Spacey delay and reverb. Bouncy. Put on the headphones and groove! ... Track 2. Nice note-bends. Eno-ish. Frippertronic-like. ... Track 3. Full-bodied and chunky. Hefty! Think: R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders. ... Track 4. Very accapela-ish. Nice volume-pedal-like effects and contrapuntal delays that evoke Yo Yo Ma's warm cello. (You can hear people talking in the background.) ... Track 5. Upbeat and lively. Danceable! Great finger-picking guitar work. ... Track 6. Spacey. Whale mating calls. Beautiful, melodic, Malian-like note-runs. Griot to the core! ... Track 7.Chiming. Charming. Classical. Every note sings! Rhythmic, powerful, and dramatic. John Fahey territory! ... Track 8. Bluesy. Funky. Slippin' and slidin'. Again, real Malian Griot-like. Clap your hands and stomp your feet! (Too bad there's background noise.) ... Track 9. Classical guitar pyrotechnics. Spanish-sounding, with a dynamic feel. ... 10. Jazzy and sprite! Sounds like there is a bass player playing along. Jingle Bells, indeed! ... 11. Cool and jazzy. Echoes of Taj Mahal meets Johanne Sebastian Bach. Where's Jimmy Buffett? ... Track 12. Delicate and lovely. Sensitive and spacey. Deeply moving. Echoes of The Edge. Nice fingerwork, but background noise is distracting at 7:00 minutes into the song. ... Nick's bagel's ready! ... Track 13. Norwegian Wood meets Segovia. Images of oceanside, Greek tavernas. ... Track 14. Entering Jorma Kaukonen territory! I can feel the warm, tube glow of the Fender Twin Reverb amp! Fingerlickin-good and as tasty as tenderloin! Do I hear money-coins tossed up on stage before the artist's feet? ... Track 15. Beautiful chordal passages. Effervescent melodic runs. Nice dynamic shifts in sound and tempo. Socrates said that The Muse told him in a dream to "make music." ... Track 16. Laid-back and lovely. Jazzy. Driving-back home music on a sunny, Sunday afternoon. ... My buddy, Robert, has produced a wonderful and intimate listening experience of his live performance before an audience. It will grab you! ... YOWZA! - The Aeolian Kid, EARTH DAY, April 22, 2005 )



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