Michael Hedges. Fantastic CD......Aerial B.....

The late great Michael Hedges.... I like "Aerial Boundaries" a lot, but actually prefer "Breakfast in the Field."

From up here in canada we have a fellow by the name of Don Ross who is a 5 time {Twice in the US} fingerstyle champion. His music is similar in a way to hedges. He has released an audiophile recording ; 96\24 direct to two track; that will amaze you all.The title is Huron street. I would say that you could buy any of his cds and not be disappointed. For the record I own all of the Hedges Cds. You must check out live on a double planet it is guarented to make your system shine and your head to spin.

Hedges still had alot left in the tank, (he did a show in Davis CA a couple of months before he died that dazed and humbled a packed house of jaded guitar addicts). It's obvious that quite a few guitar players have heard him and you can hear them trying not to sound like an inferior clone, (kind of like the old Allan Holdsworth syndrome). Gotta' check out Don Ross, heard a few other guys say he's great too. Jack West/Big Ideas and Uwe Kropinski/Berlin Concert are also good documents from some excellent highly inventive acoustic brain fryers. Dasa Andrtova&Radim Hladik/Voliera and Leo Kottke/One Guitar No Vocals ain't bad either.

Even better sonics and recording would be "Oracle"