Monday, January 07, 2013

Monday music - Phil Keaggy in two flavors

Mellow ("The Wind and the Wheat")...


...and hot ("Time").


I think I speak for anyone who's tried to play guitar when I say that there should be some law against being able to play this well.

The Obama way, I suppose, would be to take 2-3 of his fingers together. Just, y'know, to make it fair.

8 comments:

CleanFlea said...

Django Reinhardt proved that only 2 fingers are necessary. Agreed though, I struggle with a full hand.

MSC said...

There is no one better - and the amazing thing is he still keeps pumping out the music after 45 years.

The Blainemonster said...

One of the "47 things that amaze me about Phil Keaggy" is the size of his hands - he's a diminutive guy but he covers that fretboard like he has super long fingers.

I'll be seeing him in Topeka in a couple weeks. He often drops in here and plays at Kerry Livgren's church.

DJP said...

Terrif. Give him a copy of TWTG and say hi for me. Maybe he'll do a song with that title!

The Blainemonster said...

Ha! Not a bad song title! A song like that would need at least two good, long guitar solos. ;)

DJP said...

You can make it happen!

Solameanie said...

I remember Phil lost one of his fingers. Hasn't hurt his playing. Prior to losing my record collection in a house fire, I had an LP record of one of his live concerts playing with the Second Chapter of Acts. He played "Time," and the solo was amazing.

Ken said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27GUZsrhxJ8&feature=related

Here is a Phil Keaggy mellow one, with Biblical words.

for more on that, see here.
http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2010/05/incarnation-atonement-and-trinity.html