Artist description Award winning guitarist Ted Reece just released his alternative acoustic guitar CD "Song For America".

Music Style Alternative acoustic guitar, Various alternative genres

Musical Influences Various styles of music

Artist History Amazing acoustic guitar from Denver Native Ted Reece. He won the 1996 National Guitar Workshop composition award judged by some of the greats of acoustic music: Martin Simpson, Preston Reed, and Pierre Bensusuan. Broadcast.com

Group Members Ted Reece

Instruments Guitar,Bass,Drums, Voice etc.

Albums Song For America

Press Reviews Reviews:"Ted Reece reminds me of that kid down the street that could just hammer that acoustic guitar with reckless abandon, yet with a mature style that hits me to the core. "Song for America" is just that; a compilation of various styles and hues from the plains of Nebraska to the high peaks of the Appalachians. Ted Reece peaks the interest of the listener with fascinating picking and strumming" Listener at--***** Broadcast.com "A delightful, original, acoustical treat".***** Broadcast.com "If you're an acoustic guitar lover you can't go wrong with this disc". (Music Views) Sometimes an unexpected combination of chords or a certain sympathy with the fretboard raises goosebumps, irrespective of the technicalability of the guitarist. The "goosebump index" of Ted Reece's "Song For America" is off the meter, as is his ability. Reece obviously owesa debt of influence to Michael Hedges and Preston Reed as evidenced by his slapstyle on "Temporal Groove" and "Rock the WorldGently". But Ted Reece is a versatile player and I hear influences from a multitude of styles. His solo fingerstyle on "Bondy's Pastures"nearly conjures aural images of a bluegrass band featuring fiddlers playing along if I strain my imagination. There are pretty balladssuch as "El Paisano" and "Broken Arrow". There's a Kottke-esque rag on slide guitar, "Where Does that Leave Me?". The tune "CelticDances" actually sounds to my ear more like a Spanish jazz, fired out with pizzicato flatpicking, and which magically morphs via Reece'swizardry into a boogie blues riff. "Song For America" is solo independent fingerstyle guitar at its best.

Location Englewood, Co. - USA

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