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| Ted Reece "Song For America": Independent Review
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Ted Reece
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Review of "Song For America"
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uggesting a guitarist is in the league of a Michael Hedges or other string idols is always
subject to debate, but Colorado guitarist Ted Reece certainly has the tools to captivate his
listeners. Reece's mind blowing fingerstyle technique not only demonstrates the guitar
dynamic range and extensive capabilities, it also avoids the overly technical sterility fingerstyle guitarists are prone to. He uses a left handed, over-the-neck Preston Reed style of tapping where flourishes of chords are struck at a blitzing pace, interspersed with quick tapping along the neck as well as the guitar's body. At times, Mr. Reece snaps the low strings as if he were playing bass in a funk band. The melodic instrumental originals ("Temporal Groove," "El Paisano") leave lots to the imagination but they, like Reece's masterful playing are firmly grounded in solid concepts. Here, hearing is believing.
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