The Moment The Apple Falls

Described by the Acoustic Guitar Workshop as "pure fingerstyle magic from beginning to end," Tom Yoder's 2003 release The Moment The Apple Falls are eleven all original instrumentals featuring a bevy of alternate tunings, such as BF#EF#BE, AADGAD and DGDGBD, to name a few. Acoustic Guitar Workshop went on to say, "Yoder's touch and tone, whether playing loud or soft, never fail to inspire - immaculate evidence of a guitarist at the very top of his game. In the past I have compared Tom Yoder to the likes of Bensusan, Hedges and Kottke. In a way this does him a disservice. Tom is developing a rich and distinctive sound of his own which is matched by original and inventive ways of writing for the acoustic guitar." Highlights include the opening title track, "O'Coughlin's Reel" and "Shade Mountain Rag".