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03-24-2024, 08:08 PM
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Saw Pierre Bensusan this evening..
What a treat! Two hours of some of the most beautiful acoustic guitar music I have ever heard live.
While Tommy E and his followers will dazzle you with their technical ability and stage performance, Pierre reaches in and touches your soul with his guitar ( I type this as someone who is not very spiritual). Wifey had never listened to any of his music, and she was like "OMG, this guy is fabulous". She got in late today, but in time to make the show. I expected her to fade out during the evening, but she was on the edge of her seat for the performance. We had talked about bailing, with her getting in so late. That would have been regrettable...... If Pierre come around to your neck of the woods, do get out an support him. I have been waiting for a number of years for him to come to Florida. Well worth it. D
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03-24-2024, 08:43 PM
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Just getting around listening to Pierre after loving Michael Hedges for years! I’ll check out where he’s heading.
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03-24-2024, 08:55 PM
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Huge thanks for the heads up! Gonna catch him at the San Miguel Chapel here in Santa Fe!
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03-24-2024, 09:13 PM
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One of my musical highlights is getting to open for him with my duo in 1987.
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03-24-2024, 09:34 PM
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So cool. I’ve experienced him playing live in small venues a half a dozen times or so and it’s always a treat. I had a chance to ask him once what would be the one piece of advice he would give a player who wanted to improve. He said: Learn to cultivate listening to your own playing more objectively. He said that so many beginning players just listen for what they are hearing in their head rather than what sound they are actually producing. It was a great tip that changed the way I practice and listen to my own playing.
Best, Jayne
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03-24-2024, 10:28 PM
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I first saw Pierre Bensusan live in 1981 or 82 in Chicago, when he played at a club on Lincoln Avenue called Holstein’s. Even in his early twenties he was just a masterful, dazzling player. He was one of those guys who make you want to stop playing what you have been doing and just play like him.
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03-25-2024, 02:02 AM
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I looked at the tour schedule and there's two dates close to me in May. One is a seminar that goes from 1PM -7:30PM at a private residence.
Hmmmm....
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03-25-2024, 05:20 AM
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I've not been lucky enough to see Pierre live, but I do have a copy of this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Book...s%2C141&sr=8-1
I'd say it's a must for any student of fingerstyle guitar - so much more than just a tab'n'technique book, you get recipes, poems, philosophy and more, and that seems to sum up the man and his approach to life  Angus
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03-25-2024, 05:31 AM
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What a treat. Way back when, I saw him in a place called the Speakeasy in greenwich village, NYC. It was a small intimate room with great sound. Didn’t know much about him. I stopped in to get a falafel after busking and wound up staying for the whole show. WOW
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03-25-2024, 05:34 AM
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And after last night, I'm going to make another attempt to absorb some of that knowledge. And of course, the book went to the show with us last night and Pierre happily signed it for me. D
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03-25-2024, 05:47 AM
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I was at the Chattanooga performance. Simply amazing and a breathe of fresh air for me. Doesn't play a hundred miles an hour. I appreciate that. He allowed the guitar to be heard. Very relaxing and he did play his tribute song to Michael Hedges. He does do some singing in French which was nice for us. He is worth a road trip to hear and see play live.
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03-25-2024, 06:54 AM
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I saw him a couple weeks ago in Asheville.... and got to meet fellow AGF'r LArry Pattis! I took my 80 year old mother and she was mesmerized! Pierre is as good or better than he's ever been....and just the nicest guy in the world. Definitely worth it to go catch his show.
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03-25-2024, 07:32 AM
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I've never listened to anything by him, can someone suggest a couple of YT videos that best represent his playing?
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03-25-2024, 01:25 PM
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