Preston Reed Acoustic Guitar Session (2015)
Inspired by Jorma Kaukonens alternating bass fingerpicking and the American Primitive stylings of John Fahey and Leo Kottke, Preston Reed has developed his own unique multivoiced fingerstyle technique, which he has dubbed integrated percussive guitar playing. In our interview with Reed, he discusses these influences, along with other tapping players such as Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Healey, Stanley Jordan, and Michael Hedges. In addition, he recalls his first real performanceopening for Allen Ginsberg, of all peopleas well as the influence hes had on a younger generation of players like Kaki King. Reed also talks about how he developed his custom Mark Bailey acoustics: a longneck baritone and a jumbo. Best of all, he performs a pair of impressive numbers from his most recent release, In Here Out There: the groovy Funkin at the Junction and the delicate Waltz of the
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