Daniel Bachman - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Daniel Bachman performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 6, 2013.
Songs:
Blenheim
White Oak
Copperhead
Host: Greg Vandy
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
danielbachman.com
kexp.org

[@Kuestral]

Jack Rose did what he had to do after all even though he died at a very young age. He managed to keep this music alive and hand it over to the new generations to come

[@colet1096]

American Primitive - it's like our national spirit distilled through six strings

[@pdg887]

And sometimes 12!

[@Christopher_Bachm]

Such a joyful sound, yet moving at the same time. If I closed my eyes, I'd think there were two guitars playing.

[@jakubsimansky727]

Dan's tunings: songs #1. C-G-C-G-C-E, #2.: C-G-C-G-C-D, #3.: D-A-D-G-C-D ;-)

[@lubonew]

very helpful, thanks for the information! Have you by any chance tried to play some of his tunes?

[@jrmybwedding]

Jakub Šimanský Nice! Thank you!

[@mikekram2199]

+Jakub Šimanský That's ace. Two tunings I already know and one new one :)

[@1806manoel]

one thosand thanks for you x)

[@robertwilson6640]

GREAT sound. As with most(but not all) good finger pickers, the magic is in his picking hand. He is doing SO much you just can't see well from the top. Love the full sound he gets by playing so hard AND using fingerpicks. That is hard to control and make sound good. He does it well. Of Course, the GUILD helps some too......Those rolls are sooo cool and difficult.. He is GOOD.

[@brunojaniszewski]

mad respect for Daniel, as always

[@pierre-julienandrieux2783]

Saw him play in Toulouse (France), it was so great. And the guy's really nice and humble. For sure he's a thing.

[@LucianFitzgerald]

Never heard of this dude, absolutely killer sounds coming out of these two.

[@flitzmaster_piep]

wie kann man sich nur so hart gönnen!

[@agreen182]

Amazing that he's this good after only playing for about 10 years. I'm at 8 so far and could only hope to be this good one day. Imagine if he'd played from infancy!

[@flitzmaster_piep]

exactly my thoughts. good luck getting better and don't forget to enjoy playing! :-)

[@brwi1]

How you playing these days?

[@millerezra8]

everything he plays is gold

[@ProtMan96]

great sounding guitar :)

[@LucianFitzgerald]

Guilds seem to get way nicer tight grain spruce than Martin or Gibson in my experience, super pretty and sweet sounding boxes. I'm a personal fan of the wound g on flat tops too, I think that helps with the uniformity of tone. Oh yeah and also it's being played by this guy, that's probably the main factor.

[@ProtMan96]

Lucian Fitzgerald Im not so into acustic so Im a bad target to talk about it :) but I have to agree that wierd tunning gives that guitar a nice vibe as well as that he is playing with that figer pick usually used for banjos. Nice attack added to the sound. I wonder how those pick are called profesionally :) I would want to buy a few of them to test them out on my electric guitar along with a slide!

[@uvp5000]

That guitar is magical. I've played and listened to a few guitars like this over my years of paying attention to these things and guitars like this do come along every now and again but they are, as one might imagine, few and far between. Whether it is a Guild, Martin, Collings, Gibson, Goodall, Prewar or Taylor one can find stellar instruments, very good instruments and rather non-descript examples of guitars. This guitar is an especially wonderful, beautiful guitar that sounds like it has been played quite a bit.

[@jakemetcalfe3091]

Awesome stuff.

[@AngusDeighan]

How can anyone dislike this?

[@WriterMikeMonson]

Did Fahey and Kottke's grandson finally grow up?

[@bronzeagesquirrel3517]

greetings from fxbg hope you're doing well, bud

[@OpenDGuitar]

Would love to know what venues cater to this music...I do similar, but seems pop covers and loud crowd dominate.

[@SingleMalt77005]

Oh this is fine stuff. Tracklist?

[@ddbrown22]

How does he get that buzz on (I think) the top bass strings??

[@calebfulkerson3]

By plucking the fuck out of it

[@miralupa8841]

@@calebfulkerson3 this coupled with the fact that the string is tuned down two whole steps

[@johnathanwyatt9409]

the thumb picks really help, too

[@OurgasmComrade]

@@calebfulkerson3 and it's fucking satisfying 👌

[@johnnycab8986]

why does everyone automatically compare everyone who plays acoustic guitar in open tuning with John Fahey? John Fahey had influences too...plenty of guys in this style before and after.

[@wa8d4g8i7]

Probably because he plays the same genre that Fahey practically invented an pioneered? As well as being a massive influence on his playing. It's not that farout to compare him to Fahey...

[@ArnaudFTW]

lol wow. they play the same genre of music... taht's probably it don't you think? no one is comparing him to bensusan.

[@andrewweymouth9423]

He's even aping some of Fahey's left hand techniques.

[@adammorkus]

Bensusan doesn't play in open tuning.

[@fmwilliams3360]

here hes wearing his influences on his sleeve, but i think as he matures as a player he will find his own sound. but then this commet is six years old so lets see.

[@stevendalvalle]

Wow Outdoor and play the guitar overnight fire ... VERY TRANCE STATE

[@CasteJordi10]

What does he have on his index and middle finger on 7:08?

[@timzechiel7114]

+Jordi Castelan finger picks.

[@seanadams7407]

I wonder if he listens to John Fahey hehe

[@chenkelelopes]

diggin this John Fahey tribute.

[@purewonka]

Is that guitar in tune? Sounds off to me, but the guy can clearly kick ass on guitar.

[@kozemchuk]

purewonka it's not standard tuning.

[@fourstringheroes1]

he's a fine player and all, now he's gotta actually write some songs. this all sounds very one note to me, excuse the metaphor.

[@jrmybwedding]

fourstringheroes1 I completely disagree. I find his melodies very compelling.

[@barutha]

+fourstringheroes1 i don't think he sufffers from that too much at all. i think he does quite a bit compositionally. however, in my experience it is easy to get bogged down in that with open tunings. do you have any advice for making better songs in open tunings? i get frustrated with myself when everything comes out like a drone.

@@barutha I do have a advice for making better songs in open tunings. Listen William Tyler. He's the answer.

[@wheninroamful]

@ Never heard of William Tyler, just looked him up; and he's great, the little i heard, Red Sofa. but wanted to respond and say thanks before i lost ya. :)

[@wheninroamful]

@ And yes, he definitely makes open tuning less "drony" with chord changes etc.

[@japanjay]

Cocaine habit?

[@Hannah-fh9sm]

Respect different guitar styles. Ok- excellentTravis picking, uses thumbpick, open tunings, same tempos/dynamics. Anything else you can do? What sets you apart from other players, what’ll compel people to buy your tunes?

[@JayDizz92]

dude needs some higher gauge strings, that rattle on the low strings sounds horrible.

[@Urbeflurb93]

I'm pretty sure the rattle is part of the point.

[@agreen182]

Tequila Mockingbird it is

[@JayDizz92]

Doesn't change the fact it sounds awful.

[@MEKON17]

JayDizz92 I like it, sounds more like a sitar which is pretty appropriate considering Daniel's inspiration by people like John Fahey (who in turn were heavily inspired by classical Indian music)

[@aidanattema6329]

JayDizz92 the rattle is the best part

[@cnutuf]

Can he not sing ?

[@jrmybwedding]

cnutuf Maybe he doesn't want to.

[@g51582]

You don't need to sing with your voice when you can sing with a guitar like this.

[@mhbackman]

Singing would ruin this. Dan's guitar is more expressive than any vocals could be here.