Renowned for his masterful work on both electric and acoustic guitar, Phil Keaggy is one of the most gifted guitarists of our time! His 1990 release, Find Me In These Fields, earned him a Grammy award nomination and in 1988 he received the "Instrumental Album of the Year" award from the Gospel Music Association for The Wind and the Wheat. One of the true innovators of modern contemporary guitar styles, his amazing musical career has been documented on several occasions by Guitar Player Magazine and many other major music publications.
As a follow-up to the immensely popular Phil Keaggy--Electric Guitar Style instructional video, Phil Keaggy--Acoustic Guitar Style features Phil sharing some of the secrets of his masterful and innovative acoustic guitar style. In this one hour "personal guitar lesson", you'll learn Phil's approach to such techniques as alternate tunings, fingerpicking, flatpicking, sweep-picking, tapping, harmonics, and open string chord voicings. He'll also show you various licks from 12 songs including--County Down, Addison's Walk, Castle's Call/Pilgrim's Flight, The Wind and the Wheat, The Reunion, Fare Thee Well, I Love You Lord, Brother Jack, When Night Falls, Epilogue, and Fragile Forest. These songs are taken from his three instrumental releases--Beyond Nature, The Wind and the Wheat, and The Master and the Musician.
This is both a performance video and an instructional video! It's equally intriguing for the guitar player and fan alike. If you've ever wanted to see this "masterful musician's" acoustic guitar work in intimate detail, this video's for you!