Ackerman and De Grassi were of course destined to sit in the very long shadow cast by WH's most legendary guitarist Michael Hedges, but on this evidence De Grassi had much to offer on his own merits. Southern Exposure starts with the all too brief Overland, a bubbling spring of sparkling melody, before settling in for the more reflective Blue And White. After that, great tunes keep coming, worming their way into your subconscious with every listen: 36, Street Waltz, Subway, the short and sweet title track - to name just a few. And it all sounds fantastic - in the sleevenote detail typical of early Windham Hill, this was all "recorded live to two-track digital using a Sony PCM 1600".
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Was a huge Windham Hill fan back when these were coming out. Hedges was, of course, a genius (from my Mom's home town of Enid OK), but de Grassi was not to be missed either.
ReplyDeletethanks for hangin in for another year
ReplyDeleteThanks - just the other day I rediscovered my old Alex DeGrassi Retrospective disc in a drawer and hauled it out for the 1st time since the 90's and really enjoyed it
ReplyDeleteNow I'm looking forward to this one and another year of SGTG
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DeleteAnother good guitarist is Bola Sete.
ReplyDeleteFrom Cape Verde I believe and an early influence on.....Carlos Santana.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for a lot of inspiring music!
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