Obscure Acoustic Songs.

[Silence Dogood]

Might be a fun thread.  Post a seriously obscure acoustic song that you think others might enjoy.  I'll start with one I've liked for years that I'm pretty sure no one here has heard.

[ducktrapper]

Le Derviche Tourneur - Marcel Dadi.  Hang around for the end. See if you can keep up. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmzK0TeRrc

[Silence Dogood]

Le Derviche Tourneur - Marcel Dadi.  Hang around for the end. See if you can keep up. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmzK0TeRrc

Very cool, and it certainly qualifies as obscure.  I'd never heard of this player till this week when you posted about him.  Lots of good stuff on the YouTube sidebar featuring him as well.  I went down a few rabbit holes.  He must've been endorsed by Taylor at some point?  There are some videos of him demonstrating various Taylors back in the 90s.  Man, I loved Taylors back then.  I still like them but back then they were really great, and to this day when you find a good Taylor there is nothing else quite like it.  Thanks for passing along the cool tune. 

[Silence Dogood]

Here is an obscure player that I've enjoyed for a while now, Erwin Van Ligten.  He's got some really good albums and his style is pretty different than most.  Here he is demoing a nice K. Yairi for the Fellowship of Acoustics.  This guitar probably needed CPR when he was done with it.

[ducktrapper]

Very cool, and it certainly qualifies as obscure.  I'd never heard of this player till this week when you posted about him.  Lots of good stuff on the YouTube sidebar featuring him as well.  I went down a few rabbit holes.  He must've been endorsed by Taylor at some point?  There are some videos of him demonstrating various Taylors back in the 90s.  Man, I loved Taylors back then.  I still like them but back then they were really great, and to this day when you find a good Taylor there is nothing else quite like it.  Thanks for passing along the cool tune.

Yes, he's criminally underrated or even unnoticed. Probably because he's French. I never saw him with a Taylor. Almost always an Ovation or that odd looking electric that you see on the cover of Legend. I learned Derviche Tourneur from the tab included with the album. It's a fun tune and a great exercise. It's almost as difficult to play extremely slow as incredibly fast. He goes two or three rounds past where I lose him to ... as fast as it's possible to play a guitar. I wonder if his albums still come with tab. Good investment if they do. 

[ducktrapper]

Here is an obscure player that I've enjoyed for a while now, Erwin Van Ligten.  He's got some really good albums and his style is pretty different than most.  Here he is demoing a nice K. Yairi for the Fellowship of Acoustics.  This guitar probably needed CPR when he was done with it.

He's shown up on Youtube for me a few times. Great player.

[ducktrapper]

Not sure how obscure this is. Early 70's John McLaughlin after Miles Davis and Bitches Brew and before he became Mahavishnu or teamed up with Paco De Lucia and Larry Coryell. Mingus's Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. Always thought this was terrific. Another Ovation player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oDDTZYBNWU

[Silence Dogood]

Not sure how obscure this is. Early 70's John McLaughlin after Miles Davis and Bitches Brew and before he became Mahavishnu or teamed up with Paco De Lucia and Larry Coryell. Mingus's Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. Always thought this was terrific. Another Ovation player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oDDTZYBNWU

Impressive playing!  I've heard of this player over the years but never any of his music.

[ducktrapper]

Impressive playing!  I've heard of this player over the years but never any of his music.

That's from his acoustic album "My Goals Beyond". It's well worth a listen. Besides being Mile's Davis's guitarist on Bitches Brew, he's mostly known for his electric work with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Jazz fusion, I'd guess you'd call it. He does Indian raga style music with his band Shakti. It's pretty interesting. He's also in the trio of Paco De Lucia, Larry Coryell and him. Hot sh*t, that stuff! He's been around a long time.

[Queequeg]

That's from his acoustic album "My Goals Beyond". It's well worth a listen. He's mostly known for his electric work with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Jazz fusion, I'd guess you'd call it. He does Indian raga style music with his band Shakti. It's pretty interesting. He's also in the trio of Paco De Lucia, Larry Coryell and him. Hot sh*t, that stuff! He's been around a long time.

I saw John McLaughlin in concert several years ago playing electric, which is, as you say, mostly what he does.
I have tickets for later this year as he's reuniting with Shaki musicians for 50th Anniversary tour promoting the new album "THIS MOMENT".
USA:
Aug 17 Wang Theater, Boston, MA ***
Aug 19 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY ***
Aug 20 NJPAC Newark, NJ *
Aug 22 The Keswick, Glenside, PA
Aug 23 Wolf Trap Vienna, VA *
Aug 25 Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta, GA*
Aug 27 Koka Booth Amp, Cary, NC*
Aug 29 Palace Theatre, Columbus, OH*
Aug 31 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Sept 3 Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL*
Sept 5 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR****
Sept 6 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA*
Sept 8 Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Davis, CA **
Sept 9 Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Sept 11 Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA
Sept 14 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI*
Sept 16 Riverbend Centre of the Arts, Austin, TX*

w/ Béla Fleck
** w/ Bill Frisell
*** w/John Scofield
**** w/Jerry Douglas
(Physics enthusiasts will note the Fibonacci sequence on the album cover artwork.)

[ducktrapper]

I saw John McLaughlin in concert several years ago playing electric, which is, as you say, mostly what he does.
I have tickets for later this year as he's reuniting with Shaki musicians for 50th Anniversary tour promoting the new album "THIS MOMENT".
USA: (new dates in BOLD)
Aug 17 Wang Theater, Boston, MA ***
Aug 19 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY ***
Aug 20 NJPAC Newark, NJ *
Aug 22 The Keswick, Glenside, PA
Aug 23 Wolf Trap Vienna, VA *
Aug 25 Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta, GA*
Aug 27 Koka Booth Amp, Cary, NC*
Aug 29 Palace Theatre, Columbus, OH*
Aug 31 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Sept 3 Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL*
Sept 5 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR****
Sept 6 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA*
Sept 8 Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Davis, CA **
Sept 9 Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Sept 11 Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA
Sept 14 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI*
Sept 16 Riverbend Centre of the Arts, Austin, TX*

w/ Béla Fleck
** w/ Bill Frisell
*** w/John Scofield
**** w/Jerry Douglas

Unfortunately, no where near me. I'd love to see him with any of those players.