{"id":2333,"date":"2012-10-13T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2012-10-15T11:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T11:18:45","slug":"guitar-greats-preston-reed-andy-mckee-jon-gomm-city-varieties-leeds-41012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2012\/10\/13\/guitar-greats-preston-reed-andy-mckee-jon-gomm-city-varieties-leeds-41012\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Masters: Preston Reed, Andy McKee + Jon Gomm @ City Varieties, Leeds – 4\/10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a ticket for this but the misses took Marisa in my place for a treat (3 rows from the front, just right of the mike stand). As I’d seen Jon Gomm<\/a> recently I didn’t feel too bad about it. Matty and My guitar teacher Steve Young also went (seen in the middle of this pic) and wrote it up for quims…<\/p>\n

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I\u00a0 was really looking forward to seeing three acoustic gods with fingers made of steel, I wasn\u2019t disappointed at the City Varieties last Thursday night. I already knew what to expect after seeing Andy McKee<\/a> and Jon Gomm<\/a> on Youtube. I had already seen Preston Reed<\/a> 12 years ago at a guitar show. Mind blowing stuff!! These Three players are an elite few, pushing the bounderies of what can be achieved on a guitar. Showing real spirit, soul and showing off their abilities in song writing and guitar skills to an extreme level with perfection. They all use \u00a0their guitars as percussion instruments, slapping, \u00a0popping and finger tapping intelligently throughout very complicated and intricate pieces of melodic and soulful \u00a0music . I felt very inspired watching these guys and as soon as I got home tried slapping my guitar a bit<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAs Both McKee and Gomm mentioned through their performances, Reed was a real influence and was the first to show the world this different type of guitar playing, you could see just how much it ment to them at the end of the show, when they all played together playing each other\u2019s \u00a0songs.
\nAt the end of the gig they made themselves available for questions and signings. They we\u2019re refreshingly down to earth and very nice guys to talk too.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nYou can catch all three on youtube<\/a>……….and if you\u2019re lucky enough like me…try and catch them live!! Highly recommended!!!
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