Dave Beegle

Item: Beyond the Desert
Author: Chris MacIntosh

Beyond the Desert

(2003)

Reviewed by Chris MacIntosh

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Label Avant AcousticThe Phantom Tollbooth2003

acoustic blues world

Exceptional instrumental music has the ability to take you to places in your imagination that you would otherwise never experience. The newest release by Colorado guitarist Dave Beegle of Fourth Estate fame does just that. Picture yourself sitting in a comfortable chair in Istanbul, you're sipping a cup of Turkish coffee and watching the methodic rhythmic moves of a belly dancer. Or perhaps you are at a villa in Spain overlooking the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea watching a Flamenco guitarist playing his instrument. His fingers are a blur as they race across the neck of his instrument. What if Frodo and Sam were guitarists sharing an evening of quiet music at the Prancing Pony, a few years after their adventure to the delight of all of the younger hobbits. These are just a few of the mind pictures that "Beyond The Desert" has awakened in my imagination.

Dave's second acoustic release is a wonderful collection of seven songs which features magnificent playing by some of the best players around today. Each song features explanatory remarks as well as the various guitar tunings used on the pieces. My suggestion would be to go into your music room, turn down the lights, stretch out on a nice comfortable recliner and let these songs take you where they will. It will be a great journey to say the least. If you don't live in or around Colorado, then by all means get out to Cornerstone 2003 to see Dave play. I know that is what I am going to do.

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