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Title: amazing guitar find!
Review: As a fan of guitar music in general, and folks like DeGrassi and BenSusan in specific, I was blown away by Dave Cullen's subtlety, virtuosity, and flexibility. In this album, recorded live with, as the title implies, just a solo classical guitar, he divides his time equally between Bach and originals. The Bach is gorgeous! His playing is as fluid as the greats, and is unmarred by the fretboard noise that so many wind up with. And the originals are terrific as well...jazzy, with enough harmonic nuance to grab your attention, and keep it from falling into the merely New Age, but not so much that folkies should be wary. A favorite is the concluding gem...a cover of Zawinul's Birdland, in which Cullen keeps the bass and harmony moving while letting the melody sing through...and it's all solo live guitar! Amazing!
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