# Awesome acoustic guitar player **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754 "2008-09-22T23:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/1 "2008-09-22T23:05:57Z")
I posted this guy on Skips board awhile back. Andy Mckee [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4) Feel free to add your own awesome acoustic guitar player.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Peste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Doctor\_Peste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Peste)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/2 "2008-09-22T23:11:32Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > Feel free to add your own awesome acoustic guitar player.🙂 Chris Smither, hands down. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8) Probably not the best quality (I’m trying to find examples of music videos on a computer with no speakers at the moment -\_-), but the man’s _never_ put out anything that was less than brilliant. Train Home, Winsome Smile, Caveman, Thanks to You, and Small Revelations are my personal favorites. Guitar skillage aside, he also has one of the most weathered, character-ful (If that’s not a word, it oughta be), painfully beautiful male voices I’ve ever heard. 'kay, done gushing now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/3 "2008-09-22T23:15:37Z")
> [@Doctor\_Peste](#): > > Chris Smither, hands down. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8) > > Probably not the best quality (I’m trying to find examples of music videos on a computer with no speakers at the moment -\_-), but the man’s _never_ put out anything that was less than brilliant. Train Home, Winsome Smile, Caveman, Thanks to You, and Small Revelations are my personal favorites. > > Guitar skillage aside, he also has one of the most weathered, character-ful (If that’s not a word, it oughta be), painfully beautiful male voices I’ve ever heard. > > 'kay, done gushing now. 😉 HOLY SMOKES!!! Thats good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/4 "2008-09-22T23:26:09Z")
This is cool. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BYMvVvMg0&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BYMvVvMg0&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/5 "2008-09-23T00:38:36Z")
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AxKTzwaEa2o/hqdefault.jpg "Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/6 "2008-09-23T00:45:31Z")
John Fahey. Q ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/7 "2008-09-23T01:52:38Z")
This has been around for a while now, but it’s still nifty… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aUQzXQhAgvw/hqdefault.jpg "Erik Mongrain - PercusienFa") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUQzXQhAgvw) thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/8 "2008-09-23T02:20:43Z")
[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAkOhXIsI0&feature=related) is John Butler. And then there is [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/9 "2008-09-23T02:54:49Z")
Accoustic Guitar? Michael Hedges with harp guitar -[Because it’s There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTC7kPZZmuM) Michael Hedges - [Ragamuffin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIA9SH379u4) - poor video - note the humor though - he was like this at every concert. The recorded version is better BTW. Michael Kelsey - [Further down the Road](http://amiestreet.com/listen/song/Further+Down+the+Road+by+Michael+Kelsey/883531/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/10 "2008-09-23T03:01:36Z")
I’m posting on a computer with no speakers this week, so I can’t preview any suggestions, but if you search Jeff Linsky, you will be well-rewarded. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/11 "2008-09-23T03:33:50Z")
> [@Doctor\_Peste](#): > > Chris Smither, hands down. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfZ7QGjZL8) > > Probably not the best quality (I’m trying to find examples of music videos on a computer with no speakers at the moment -\_-), but the man’s _never_ put out anything that was less than brilliant. Train Home, Winsome Smile, Caveman, Thanks to You, and Small Revelations are my personal favorites. > > Guitar skillage aside, he also has one of the most weathered, character-ful (If that’s not a word, it oughta be), painfully beautiful male voices I’ve ever heard. > > 'kay, done gushing now. 😉 Hey! I’m usually the guy who gushes over Smither here. He’s also one of the most personable, engaging performers I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing live, and a hell of a nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/12 "2008-09-23T05:49:21Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > Andy Mckee > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4) I got his CD. It’s solid. [Airtap! By Eric Mongrain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-acoustic-guitar-player/464754/13 "2008-09-23T06:27:16Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > This is cool. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BYMvVvMg0&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BYMvVvMg0&feature=related) IMHO, you really can’t beat the [original.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTGe8-nyCE)