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6- and 12-String Guitar is the second album by Leo Kottke, a solo instrumental steel-string acoustic guitar album originally released by John Fahey's Takoma Records in 1969. It is popularly known as the Armadillo album after the animal illustrated in the distinctive cover art (by Annie Elliott).
The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell is the third album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, recorded in stereo and released in 1964 by Capitol Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The album is entirely instrumental, with the exception of one cut: " Walkin' Down the Line ", on which Campbell also sings.
John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar; Dick Kniss — bass; Herb Lovelle — drums; Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar; John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin; Hal Blaine — percussion; Orchestra
"Living in the Country" (Pete Seeger) (Seeger's great contribution to the 12-string. Originally recorded as a guitar duet with Frank Hamilton. Later recorded at high speed with accompanying whistle.) 1:21: 4. "Sail Away Ladies" (This is John Fahey's arrangement done on Vol.4, Takoma, with Al Wilson and his Veena.) 1:47: 5.
An acoustic 12-string guitar hand-crafted in 1977. A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in octaves, with those of the upper two courses tuned ...
The C. F. Martin guitar company has even released a special edition called the HD7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition, that claims to capture McGuinn's "jingle-jangle" tone which he created with 12 string guitars, while maintaining the ease of playing a 6-string guitar. Roger McGuinn at Kralingen (1970) After Mr. Tambourine Man in 1965, "Turn! Turn!
New Musical Express voted this song the best single of 1986 and Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 85 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2021. After Prince’s death in April 2016, the ...
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "Jimmy Reed -- not a celebrated 12-string guitar player like Leadbelly or any of the other renowned instrumentalists who came up in Leadbelly's wake -- cut this acoustic 12-string instrumental album, which has become an enduring classic of the genre. Reed was as skilled at presenting his guitar work as he ...