Compelling spiritual music, from gospel to contemporary Christian, performed on solo guitar. ("Wonderful . alive with passion and heart, but conveys the tenderest touch. - Prof. Carol Swanson)

14 MP3 Songs in this album (40:17) !
Related styles: SPIRITUAL: Instrumental Gospel, FOLK: Fingerstyle

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Details:
El McMeen began playing the acoustic guitar while attending Harvard in the mid-1960's. At the time he took up guitar, he was an accomplished clarinet player and singer, and had studied piano.

El's music is characterized by lyrical beauty and a sensitivity to melodic phrases enhanced with tasteful arpeggios, cross-picking, and walking bass lines, and his uptempo pieces evidence energy and pulse. His artistry has been praised by numerous publications, including Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and Guitar Player Magazine. El's music has been hailed by critics as "stirring ... unbridled acoustic beauty" and "drop-dead gorgeous" (Guitar Player Magazine) and as a "treasure" (Dirty Linen Magazine).


El's web page can be found at http://www.elmcmeen.com.