Acoustic Guitar for Solo Performances - Perfect for Campfires, Beach Serenades & Romantic Dates

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Product Description El McMeen's solo steel-string guitar sings on this all-instrumental album, covering favorite tunes in many different genres, including The Tennessee Waltz, Ashokan Farewell, Celtic airs, and even a Springsteen song (I Wish I Were Blind). Review "Drop-dead gorgeous solo steel-string renditions of Irish tunes, in the lovely C,G,D,G,A,D tuning." -- Guitar Player, February 1995...harplike effects and shimmering chord voicings... -- J. Catalano, Ithaca Journel 3/95Finger-picking has never sounded so sad, sincere and seductive... -- Kevin Roe, Sound Views 1995 About the Artist El McMeen is an internationally acclaimed fingerstyle steel string guitarist and teacher. His artistry has been praised by numerous publications including Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine, and Guitar Player Magazine. El is one of the premier guitarists in the world in capturing the beauty and soul of "Celtic" music, and has extended his art to traditional, pop and spiritual music. His playing is characterized by a sensitivity to melodic phrases and lyrical beauty augmented by walking bass lines and innovative arpeggio and crosspicking techniques. El's music has been hailed by critics as "stirring... unbridled acoustic beauty" and "drop-dead gorgeous" (Guitar Player Magazine) and as a "Treasure" (Dirty Linen Magazine). El has also pioneered the use of the low-C tuning (CGDGAD) in the solo guitar repertoire. El has toured throughout the United States. His performances have been acclaimed as "spellbinding", and he has been praised as a "captivating performer". See more