Posts Tagged ‘Electric Guitar’
A Man About A Horse–ECM bio pt. 2
“When someone opened up a guitar case and pulled out a guitar they may as well have been pulling a sword out of a stone. The room was magnetized. This was not lost on me, the smallest and most sports-challenged kid in school.”
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“Most reviews of Steve Tibbetts’s music describe it in the context of what it’s not; what it is, plain and simple, is Tibbettsian.”
Read MoreA Man About A Horse–Guitar World / The Sensible Sound reviews
“when a new CD from Steve Tibbetts unexpectedly showed up in my mailbox a few weeks ago, I literally shouted for joy, pumped my fists in the air, and ran up the driveway so that I could get it into my CD player just as quickly as possible”
Read MoreA Man About A Horse–Downbeat Review
“A Man About A Horse embodies Tibbetts’ established strengths – feral electric guitar solos, complex percussion and meticulously detailed production.”
Read MoreA Man About a Horse–Isthmus
“Tibbetts is one of this city’s great, underappreciated native sons precisely because he deals in a potent magic that’s not easily understood”
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“Tibbetts also loves to rock: He recorded much of the searing guitar on “A Man About A Horse” in a single night, over frenetic Balinese drum samples colored and doubled by percussionists Marc Anderson and Marcus Wise.” -Rolling Stone
Read MoreA Man About a Horse–New Note Magazine
“Tibbetts operates a fine balance between sensitive acoustic shivers and heavily petted electric fuzz…”
Read MoreExploded View–Car Stereo Review 3/95
“Ever wish you could take a ride on the Space Shuttle? Here’s the alternative: Pick up Steve Tibbetts’ The Fall of Us All instead. It’ll transport you to places in the cosmos you never knew existed.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–USA Today
“The guitarist’s extraterrestrial groove music is a supersonic kick. He melds spacey jazz, rock and world beat into a gripping soundscape that fluctuates from primal rage and caustic guitars on the industrial sizzlers to ambient ear massages on acoustic interludes… The Fall never falls short of exhilarating.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–The Sensible Sound
“The Fall of Us All is a stunning recording, a whirling devilish dervish of a disk that alternatively assaults and seduces listeners with electric and acoustic energy.”
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