Gitarre 2000

Doyle Dykes - Gitarre 2000

Gitarre 2000
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Artist: Doyle Dykes
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-25
Music Label: Windham Hill Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Gitarre 2000
  2. Nothing's Too Good (For a Friend)
  3. White Rose for Heidi
  4. Girl
  5. Road Back Home
  6. Loving Rita
  7. Caleb's Report
  8. Shadows of the Heart
  9. Passings
  10. Lord's Prayer
  11. Angel's Desire
  12. Visitation

Music reviews of Gitarre 2000

Music Review: Bland and Insipid, Can Do Better.
Rating: 1 Stars

This must rank as one of the most disappointing buys I've ever made.
The gushing reviews that I have seen for this product are an offence to reason. Most reviewers make reference to his live perfomances or other tracks they have heard. Why? None of that is present on THIS album.
The guy is almost certainly a very talented player but has made a very bad choice of producer(if he was given a choice) and the whole thing strikes me an excersise in targeted marketing rather than an artist presenting his work.

The music is of the standard you might expect to be played in a restaurant. To be honest I've heard much better played in restaurants.
The opening couple of tracks showed some promise but then the saccharine coating arrived in the form of some of the most awful string arrangements I've ever heard. Particularly execrable is an appallingly insipid version of 'Girl' (yes it's the Beatles song) which pretty much sums up the approach to to the album: zero imagination, zero inventiveness.

Apparently his earlier albums were much better and his live playing is something to behold. I guess the Wyndham Hill label must bear the greatest part of the responsibility for this travesty of wasted talent and effort.

If you want music to nod off to it is quite possible you may find this a useful product, otherwise, steer well clear.

Description of Gitarre 2000

A one-time preacher who has logged long hours onstage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry backing country graybeards such as Grandpa Jones (Hee Haw), Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, and Tennessee Ernie Ford, Doyle Dykes is a skilled acoustic guitarist who integrates elements of folk, classical, pop, gospel, and jazz into likeable, refined instrumental works. Popular in Europe, Dykes leans far more heavily on structure and melody (and less on introspection and experimentation) than other fingerpickering proponents in the Windham Hill fraternity, most notably Michael Hedges and Alex de Grassi. Dykes's sound, in comparison, is almost entirely different; it offers a cozier, sweeter savor, though it exudes a level of sophistication and complexity that elevates his tunes a notch above typical easy-listening fare. The Jacksonville, Florida, native wisely soft-shoes his overtly spiritual instincts and instead delivers an agreeable, densely chorded package that can easily appeal to secular ears. Highlights: Dykes's thoughtful interpretation of "The Lord's Prayer," the homey panache of "Nothing's Too Good for a Friend," and the earnest, finger-flying energy heard on "Angel's Desire." --Terry Wood

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