Looking for an acoustic guitar recording..

I agree with
Leo Kottke '6 &12 String Guitar',
Doc Watson and Merle Watson "Live and Pickin'" and "Doc and the Boys",
Martin Simpson "Cool and Unusual"
and "Friday Night at San Francisco" by McLaughlin, DiMiola and DeLucia is wonderful.
"Skip, Hop and Wobble" by Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas,and Edgar Meyer is great for guitar, dobro and accoustic bass.
I would also recommend
Richard Thompson's "Celtschmerz", and accoustic live album from '98 and
"Two Letter Words" especially disc two which starts with four great accoustic numbers. It is a live album from '94 that has a mix of accoustic and electric guitar.
The Richard Thompson is only availble via his web site.

For Jazz I would also recommend Ralph Towner's "Ana". I solo guitar work for Classical and 12 string.

here are a few in recent rotation in my home

Time (the Revelator)...Gillian Welch...americana/country/blues
Big Momma's Door...Alvin Youngblood Hart...blues
Shine Eyed Mister Zen...Kelly Joe Phelps...blues
Roll Away The Stone...Kelly Joe Phelps...blues
Alone & Acoustic...Buddy Guy & Junior Wells...blues
Acoustic Stories...R.L. Burnside...blues

hope this helps

Lots of good ideas above. But I don't see Norman Blake. "Whiskey for Breakfast" is especially good for focusing on guitar.

adrian legg

You should try a search on "acoustic guitar" here as this question has been asked before. I'll add Rory Block (pretty much anything - When a Woman gets the Blues is great), Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews if you like Dave - there's a great live album at a Luther College, Gillian Welch on the country side (her guitar accompaniast David Rawlings is fantastic), Patty Larkin has some great rifs on Agogo.

Marco