Chris Herring by Chris Herring
My first own album starts off with Steam, a tribute to Bert Jansch, one of my main idols in the guitar world. The TAB for this is included with purchase.
I play a few different instruments on this record, restored and self-made guitars, also mandola (Dance Of The Mermaid), mountain dulcimer (Ohio Sunset), and even a steel tongue drum (Canyon Chimes), influenced by the great harp player Andreas Vollenweider. Sometimes I will back my tunes with synths and orchestral music like on April Rhapsody.
„It gives me great pleasure to write a few well chosen words about the extraordinary gifts that nature has bestowed on my friend Chris Herring. From the first moment I heard him play I knew he was special, even when playing other people's material he had his own original touch.
So here at long last is a recorded collection of his own creations superbly played, partly on instruments he has crafted himself! Yes, not only does he play beautifully
but he builds the most sublime guitars.“ Gordon Giltrap MBE
Tracklist
| 1. | Steam - A Tribute to Bert Jansch | 2:50 |
| 2. | Dance Of The Mermaid | 2:53 |
| 3. | The Old Lime Tree | 4:22 |
| 4. | Ohio Sunset | 1:59 |
| 5. | Canyon Chimes | 4:06 |
| 6. | Up On Lime Hill | 2:11 |
| 7. | April Rhapsody | 4:04 |
| 8. | Sunset Train | 2:07 |
| 9. | The Sleigh Ride | 2:37 |
| 10. | Vineyard | 3:57 |
Credits
Mirror Noir Records
License
All rights reserved.
Chris has a passion for finger-style guitar, he has always admired great guitarists like Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Gordon Giltrap. A few years ago he started making his own guitars, that can be heard on his first album "Chris Herring plays Gordon Giltrap"