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John Estes is a 54 year old native Californian. He has been playing the guitar for over 30 years, and particularly has been a student of, and has developed a style of finger picking that is mercurial, intense, dramatic, beautiful and at times amazing. John is a collector of "old vinyl" and his guitar heroes include: Mississippi John Hirt, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Doc Watson, Leo Kotke, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell and JJ Cale with a bit of John Williams there also. John has also studied and incorporated the styles of Duke Ellington, Stephen Grappelli and Sergio Mendez into his music. This disc was recorded in a wonderful new studio built by Richard Harrison, at GrassShackRecords, in Napoopoo, Hawiaii. John was recorded "live" with no internal pickups on his 1975 Martin D18. Two mikes on the guitar, and one for vocals, and every cut is a complete unedited take with no breaks or editing of guitar or vocals. Each song an individual performance so to speak. ..."John's variety of musical influences make him a true American in all the best melting pot sense of the word...John's virtuoso portrayal of so many musical styles of music and his making it sound so easy and so wonderful and so damn much fun to listen to, whelp it is certainly a collection of music that will never stray far from my stereo...as anyone's first listen to Doc's Guitar will prove, an unbelievably swift and poignant guitar style.." PJ Stone...music critic for the Booneville Voice Track List: 1. Doc's Guitar 2. Reason to Believe 3. Angie 4. King Bee 5. A Blues 6. Can't Make You Love Me 7. Ramblin' Jack 8. In My Life 9. If I Were A Carpenter 10. Custard Pie 11. Louise 12. Can't Help Falling In Love With You 13. Up A Lazy River 14. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor 15. Diddy Wah Diddy 16. Both Sides Now 17. 5 Foot Two Eyes of Blue 18. My Little Darlin' Pal 'o Mine 19. Old John 20. Old Kentucky Home (Dandylion Wine &Turpentine) 21. Windy & Warm 22. Singin' the Blues 23. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring 24. Greensleeves Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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