Audio CD review:
Adrian Legg - Inheritance

Adrian Legg - Inheritance

Band: Adrian Legg Title: Inheritance Rating: Release Date: 28 September, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Nefertiti - What a Sweetie! 2: My Blackbird Sings All Night 3: A Waltz For Leah 4: More Fun In The Swamp 5: Nail Talk 6: Doublejigs 7: English Blue 8: Decree 9: The Good Soldier 10: Psalm With No Words 11: Emneth

Customer Reviews I Would Like To Hear Mr. Legg Play A Real Acoustic!!!! Like for instance the song "Psalm With No Words," that song would have been great without his guitar all phased/chorused out. Adrian Legg is an incredibly gifted player there is no doubt about that, but I think he relies to heavily on effects to do the playing. It sounds terrible! He also needs to work on playing less, because he tries to put too many chords/notes in a phrases and it just doesn't sound that great. His songwriting is okay, but I think his playing shouldn't overshadow the song. The song should always come first. Many of his albums are lacking in the creativity department simply because he tries too hard to somehow inject his songs with an over usage of technique. He should really let the song speak for itself and not subject his listeners to his effects and overbarring guitar technique(s). I like Adrian Legg, but I'm not going to subject myself to him, unless his music starts to speak for itself. . very good show And no one else sounds anything like Adrian Legg. Adrian Legg sounds exactly like Adrian Legg, and no one else. He is one of the most gifted acoustic guitarists around, with an instantly recognizable sound, excellent compositional skills, and a delightful sense of humor. This release stands as one of Adrian's best CDs. It's a skillful, lovely, idiosyncratic, resounding testament to one of the best solo acoustic guitarists on the scene today. . Eclectic Fingerstyle His broad sonic palette includes acoustic colors from a miked parlor guitar ("My Blackbird Sings All Night"), ringing mag-pickup timbres ("Nail Talk"), and sizzling undersaddle pickup sounds bathed in ambient washes of digital processing ("English Blue"). Melding snappy chicken pickin', Travis-style alternating bass, swing-band voicings, real-time retuning, bagpipe-like drones, and pedal steel-inspired bends, Adrian Legg pushes the boundaries of solo guitar like no one else. Pledging no allegiance to any particular genre or musical period, he bounces from delicate, hymn-like melodies to funky Jerry Reed riffs to pensive modal improvisations. A skilled arranger, Legg occasionally augments his guitar with string and brass ensemble accompaniment; these organic sounds provide a welcome foil to his electronic explorations. While many of the originals on this instrumental record have a somber cast, Legg's subversive take on tone and technique give Inheritance a playful feel. . You can see a complete list of all Adrian Legg discography, or go back to the Adrian Legg tabs