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Last week Martin was at Guitar Nation 2010 in London to promote the Martin Taylor Guitar Academy. While there he played a concert and met up with Steve Vai who said the following:
“Martin Taylor is a truly great guitarist” – Steve Vai
Here’s a little video from the show as well.
Martin Taylor talks with the wonderful celtic acoustic guitarist Tony McManus at this years Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville.
In a relatively short time Tony’s music has come to define a new role for the guitar in Celtic music. He has come to represent Celtic music in the guitar world, making regular appearances at guitar specific events where just a few years ago jigs and reels would be unheard of. He is an enthusiastic collaborator both as a leader and as a sideman having worked with, among many others Dougie McLean, Phil Cunningham, Mairi MacInnes, Liam O’Flynn, Martin Simpson, Kevin Burke, Alison Brown, Martyn Bennett, Natalie MacMaster, Patrick and Jacky Molard, Mairead n├¡ Mhoanaigh and Dermot Byrne, The Nashville Chamber Orchestra, John Jorgenson, Jean Michel Veillon, Catriona Macdonald, Seikou Keita, Xos├® Manuel Budi├▒o, Ewen Vernal and Andy Irvine.
The full interview and footage is up at www.martintaylorguitar.com along with a host of other videos from the event.
At this years Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville Martin sat down with Thom Bresh (son of Merle Travis) to talk music, guitar and play a few numbers together. In their chat they cover everything from writing songs to coal mining in Scotland. Here is a little video taken from that day.
Check out the latest video of Martin Taylor interviewing guitar legend Scotty Moore at the Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis’ Hollywood years. He was ranked forty-fourth in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Moore played on many of Presley’s most famous recordings including “Good Rockin’ Tonight”, “Baby Let’s Play House”, “Heartbreak Hotel“, “Mystery Train“, “Hound Dog“, “Too Much” and “Jailhouse Rock“.
Scotty Moore is given credit as the pioneer of the rock ‘n’ roll lead guitarist. Most popular guitarists cite Moore as the performer that brought the lead guitarist to a dominant role in a rock ‘n’ roll band.
Although some lead guitarists/vocalists had gained popularity such as Chuck Berry and blues legend BB King, Presley rarely played his own lead while performing, usually providing rhythm and leaving the lead duties to Moore. Moore was a noticeable presence in the Presley performances, strictly as a guitarist. As a result, he became an inspiration to many subsequent popular guitarists, one of the more vocal of these being Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Moore, being quite introverted on stage, accomplished this almost exclusively through his performance and interpretation of the music.
