Glenn Jones, From the Greene Space

Soundcheck | Aug 29, 2022

Although he has a background in rock and experimental music, fingerstyle guitarist Glenn Jones is best known as a keeper of the flame of “American Primitive,” the folk-based style associated with the 20th century guitarist John Fahey. With a variety of tunings, capos, and even specially-made half-capos, Jones’s country-blues music is full of unexpected textures. He plays new works from his 2022 record, Vade Mecum, in The Greene Space for the 2022 New York Guitar Festival. - John Schaefer

Set list: Vade Mecum, Black & White and Gray, Each Crystal Pane of Glass, Ruthie's Farewell,  John Jackson of Fairfax, Virginia 

Watch "Vade Mecum":

 

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Watch "Each Crystal Pane of Glass":

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Watch "John Jackson of Fairfax, Virginia"

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