For guitar fans

[TheOctavist]

Acoustic Guitar /fingerstyle is my thing. I love it so much. anyway..here is my list of "reference" albums for that style referenced in the OP.

John Fahey- the transfiguration of blind joe death

Bert Jansch- Bert and John, Black Swan

el mcmeen- solo guitar serenade

big horizon- david wilcox

Tommy Emmanuel/Chet Atkins- the day guitar pickers took over the world

chet atkins/les paul- chester and lester

merle travis- walkin the strings

norman blake- whiskey before breakfast

Aerial Boundries - Michael Hedges

clarence white- 33 acoustic guitar instrumentals

phil keaggy-beyond nature

Only - Tommy Emmanuel

Doc Watson- Southbound

Acoustic Highway - Craig Chaquico

the lady and the unicorn- john renbourn

adrian legg-guitars and other cathedrals

kelly joe phelps- shine eyed mr zen

venus in cancer- robbie basho

chris whitley- dirt floor

[bhakti]

although not known as a vocalist by any stretch of the imagination, I've always quite enjoyed his singing. And I've seen him live many times, starting with early 70s and up to very recent times (2011). Also a great story teller in a live format.

I've seen leo a dozen times and almost attend these days because it doubles up as a fantastic comedy show Seriously! He's a funny guy. I actually think I found out about this South African guitarist (Guy Buttery) through an interview with Leo. Does that sound correct?

[bhakti]

I've just seen that Guy has released another record with another fantastic South African musician, Nibs van der Spuy. I ordered the CD (also through Bandcamp - which is fantastic BTW) which came with an instant digital download of the album as well. Sounding brilliant upon first listen.

http://nibsvanderspuyandguybuttery.bandcamp.com

[Mnyb]

I've just seen that Guy has released another record with another fantastic South African musician, Nibs van der Spuy. I ordered the CD (also through Bandcamp - which is fantastic BTW) which came with an instant digital download of the album as well. Sounding brilliant upon first listen.

http://nibsvanderspuyandguybuttery.bandcamp.com

You aware of that you can select FLAC as download format on bandcamp, then there is no need for the physical CD , and this is a good record I agree

[bhakti]

You aware of that you can select FLAC as download format on bandcamp, then there is no need for the physical CD , and this is a good record I agree

Thanks for that, but I am afraid I'm of the old school and MUCH prefer hard copy albums. Reading liner notes, digesting the artwork and taking the album out and into the player is far more real and almost cathartic That's why I also bought Mr. Buttery's vinyl LP (which sounds unbelievable by the way). I did however take the FLAC files as well and have those backup for digital use.