Just Released: Buckethead – Acoustic Shards
BUCKETHEAD – ACOUSTIC SHARDS (Avabella)
Fans of the always prolific avant garde guitarist Buckethead are in for a treat this month, as hot on the heels of his new studio album ‘Pepper’s Ghost’, a new collecton of acoustic recordings from 1991 have surfaced on Jas Obrecht’s ‘Avabella’ label.
While primarily known for his bizarre appearance, brief and tumultuous spell in Guns N’ Roses, and intense shredding technique, it’s always a pleasure to hear the gentler side of Buckethead, as exhibited on his cult-classic albums ‘Colma’ and ‘Electric Tears’. However, fans may also be surprised to hear their hero successfully apply many of his electric techniques to the acoustic guitar. Like all of Bucket’s albums, it’s an intense, strange experience, with some stunning moments of introspective, gentler playing.
Highly recommended for guitar enthusiasts, and Buckethead devotees. New converts may wish to check out one of the aforementioned studio albums first.
” Imagine, if you will, that Buckethead walked into a quiet living room, picked up an acoustic guitar, and began improvising one amazing composition after the next — that’s what happened when we recorded “Acoustic Shards” back in 1991. (It was taped a couple of weeks after the final Deli Creeps concert on the Young Buckethead DVDs, but is quite different musically.) It is a single-CD, 52:30 minutes in length, 15 tracks. Included are very early versions of “For Mom” and “Who Me?” as well as a lot of stuff you’ve never heard before. The playing is spectacular — some of it sounds like Django Reinhardt meets Ornette Coleman meets young EVH meets . . . well, that which is uniquely and lovably Buckethead. Some passages are so advanced you’d swear it’s two guitarists — but it was all recorded in real time and without overdubs — while other parts are just melodically beautiful beyond words. So far, everyone who’s heard it has said it’s the kind of music that resonates in you long after the stereo’s been turned off.” – Jas Obrecht.
BUCKETHEAD RUUUULESSS!!