Gitarre 2000

Doyle Dykes, ???????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2011)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000009S41
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Amazing fingerstyle guitar, but lose the string arrangements, October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gitarre 2000 (Audio CD)

I first heard Mr. Dykes on an acoustic guitar sampler CD--his contribution was a piece entitled "Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Tomatoes," and it blew me away. It combines incredible technical skill with lovely musicality. That one song is simultaneously cerebral, emotional, subtly intricate, and over-the-top fun. A true tour-de-force.

The same level of musicianship is evident on Gitarre 2000, but here the tone is much more introspective. Which is fine...until the strings start. Quite a few pieces are overloaded with string arrangements that are annoyingly bland.

I don't regret the purchase, and I do hope to enjoy Doyle Dykes' phenomenal talent on other recordings, but I sure hope he lets his solo guitar sing (and whisper, and shout, and purr) without muddying the works with elevator string arrangements.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Standard Set for Fingerpicking Guitar, November 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Gitarre 2000 (Audio CD)

Doyle Dykes lays down a new standard for fingerpicking guitar in Gitarre 2000--and when Dykes lays it down, it sta-a-a-ays there!

Dykes combines a relaxed precision with technical virtuosity and creative genius. His perfomances are breathtaking, without overreaching. What might be "too many notes" for others, seems easy and natural from Dykes as just the filigree on his sound tapestry.

His original material is truly new and first rate, and his arrangements of other composers' works always elevates them to a new level occupied only by Doyle Dykes.

The dynamic and timbral ranges Dykes achieves bring the fingerpicked guitar, for the first time, onto the same level with the piano.

All that flowery language aside, listening to Gitarre 2000 just gives me goose bumps of pleasure. Zen and the art of guitar! It's as if God were using Dykes to play guitar for us all. Dykes, through his guitar, is obviously praying, without preaching, and the effect is irresistibly uplifting in the extreme. Your roses will grow better if you play this CD for them.

If Dykes can repeat or surpass this performance, he'll shortly become the world's premier guitarist!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great musician!, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gitarre 2000 (Audio CD)

The first time i heard Doyle Dykes play was at a fingerstyle concert/workshop. I was so impressed with his music I immediately got the CD and it is unbelievable!!