michael chapdelaine
Grapevine
© 2004 michael chapdelaine (005761200621)
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Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso, Michael Chapdelaine raises the bar for fingerstyle guitar playing with this one. These 11 arrangements will have your heart smiling, your foot tapping and your head shaking with "oh-my-god-how-does-he-do-that.
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A grand total of1 guitarist has won both GFA & National Fingerstyle Championships: Michael Chapdelaine. Currently a Professor of Guitar at the University of New Mexico, Michael's newest release "Grapevine" is what happens when the only combined GFA & National Fingerstyle Champion turns his considerable skills & talents to "Pop" music. The result is a very, very cool CD! Appropriately, "Grapevine" begins with a Motown classic "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Trust me, Motown music was never like this; 1 man & 1 guitar & an interpretation that really draws the listener in. Motown music lovers will be thrilled to find "Spanish Rose of Harlem" played like no one else could play it.
The Eagle's track, "Best of My Love", captures the true spirit, intimacy & pain of the original. Somehow, Michael's version is even more soulful than the Eagles' original. "Drift Away", an old tune that most will associate with Rod Stewart's re-recording in his post-Ron Wood/Faces incarnations another soft tune that becomes poetry in Michael's hands. MC, as he is sometimes know, plays Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" with a little Tom Petty "Breakdown" seamlessly incorporated. Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" will make you realize EC's genius in writing it & MC's genius in playing it.
No genre goes "uncovered" (pun intended) on "Grapevine" .J.S. Bach's "Jesu Joy of Man's Desire", the traditional Irish tune "Danny Boy" and the Roland Dyens' tribute in "Saudade" highlight MC's diverse musical tastes &his uncanny ability to play songs of any style. The other two songs on the CD are the old McCoy's (remember them) "Hang on Sloopy" and "Mr. Bojangles" written by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1966 and recorded by the likes of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Denver, Neil Diamond and Sammy Davis, Jr.
"Hang On Sloopy" is pure, unadulterated 1960'sFUN; and that is FUN in capital letters. "Mr. Bojangles" is an emotional end for a CD that ends all too quickly. This is an excellent "feel-good" CD; you will find yourself singing along and humming the songs long after taking "Grapevine" out of the player. After listening to this CD a lot, I would sure like to get my hands on the person who originally said "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach". They OBVIOUSLY never heard Michael Chapdelaine!
Rating: Excellent GuitarNation.com