telepaul Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 How do you get your member status to change? Does it have something to do with how many post you put up? Also, is there a better acoustic guitarist than Phil Keaggy? Nice ash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Yeah, the "member status" thing changes as the odometer rolls around with your post-counts. It doesn't really mean much of anything, it's just a holdover from the post "big bang" days, when the Forum was young and the internet cooling. (Good for "Austin Powers" jokes when ya hit "Gold Member", baby!) "Better" and "Best" are pretty much as meaningless of holdovers, but I will say that Phil Keaggy is one Hell of a great musician, a musician's musician, up there with the best of'em, if you'll allow me that after my opening statement regarding "Better" and "Best" there... I used to have a copy of The Wind in the Wheat, an instrumental collection of some years ago. I liked it very much. As for Phil Keaggy as a point of discussion, you should do a search here on this Forum, as he's come up as a topic more than once, as well as been mentioned in posts here and there. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 For a second I thought that Phil Keaggy wanted to change his member status, and I was going "PHIL KEAGGY!?!?!?! ON THIS BOARD?!?!?!? DU-UUUUDE..." Oh well. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Originally posted by Tedster: For a second I thought that Phil Keaggy wanted to change his member status, and I was going "PHIL KEAGGY!?!?!?! ON THIS BOARD?!?!?!? DU-UUUUDE..." Oh well. Me too LynnG Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Phil does intermittently post on his guestbook on his website in answering his fans... That's pretty cool for one so exhaustingly busy! He's my personal favorite player and an amazingly humble person to boot... Sure wish he'd have grown up next door to me. Boggs Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound_Pursuit Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Many (many) years ago I went to a Phil Keaggy concert in Houston. About 20 minutes after the scheduled start time, he walked out on stage by himself. -the band's instrument truck broke down and was about 30 minutes away from arriving. So...he whipped out his acoustic and sat down on the edge of the stage. For the next 30 minutes he sang and played to the audience by himself. It was awesome. His guitar accompaniment was so "complete" that he single-handedly captured the essence of each song. -definitely a world class musician who has not compromised his style. A Humble man is hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagshipmile354 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I will have to listen to Phil Keagy I haven't heard him before but everyone says he is great. I love acoustic players the most. So many players are only aware of rock guys and think all these rock players are 'masters'. Anyways for me personally Leo Kottke changed my entire focus on guitar for like 6 or 7 years. I also saw this guy Doyle Dykes put on a clinic at Guitar Center and I had to go to the bathroom to change my diapers. I love that whole Travis picking style. I think if you use open tunings alot and then fool around with the travis picking stuff, you will eventually sound really unique. I am going to listen to Phil right now though, if any music is posted anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 But, don't get the idea for a minute that Mr. Keaggy is an "acoustic guitarist". He's a guitarist's guitarist, whether he picks up an acoustic or an electric. He can wail with fluency on either. He makes me sick. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Also, he doesn't play to impress. He plays real music with the utmost of musicianship. I recommend Beyond Nature, On The Fly, Acoustic Sketches for starters... Boggs Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telepaul Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 I love "County Down." It was the first song Phil wrote using DADGAD tuning. County Down is in Ireland. What I think is cool, is that Phil went to County Down and played "County Down!" Nice ash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbo_Tangent Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Originally posted by telepaul: Also, is there a better acoustic guitarist than Phil Keaggy?Andre Segovia. (Don't get me wrong - I love everything Phil Keaggy has ever done. But there's always somebody better....) Phil Tangent Studios http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Tangent2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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