Hometown Live! [Live]

Muriel Anderson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Cgd Music
• ASIN: B00000IGKU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,108 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fantasia De Fuego

2. King of the Road

3. Arioso

4. Hometown

5. It Never Gets Easier

6. All Thumbs

7. After Tonight

8. In Memory of a Friend

9. The Three Sisters

10. Nola

11. Rumores De La Caleta

12. Andante From Symphony For a Country Gentleman

13. Vivaldi Concerto in D

14. Mister Chester

15. Freight Train

16. The Water Is Wide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Nice Record, April 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hometown Live! (Audio CD)

Muriel Anderson is a truly accomplished player. She is one of only two people ever to win the Winfield Fingerpicking Championship playing nylon string guitar. She is a respected teacher (I think at Belmont College in Nashville) and the boss of those Murial Anderson All-Star Guitar Nights that attract all the best pickers around. I think she is unique because she plays in a style where you usually hear a steel string guitar. It is not unfair to compare her to Chet Atkins. My favorite is "It Never Gets Easier," but she plays the fast stuff as well as the melancholy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An underrated master of the guitar., June 23, 2006

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Music Therapist (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hometown Live! (Audio CD)

Yes, It is appropriate to compare Murial to Chet Atkins, who was one of her teachers, as was classical teenage-prodigy Christopher Parkening. Murial Anderson is still the only woman ever to win the (Winfield) National fingerpicking championship, and is a huge supporter of music in the schools with her own foundation.

Perhaps you've never heard her before, or you're trying to get into guitar playing a little bit and aren't sure who you should begin your listening library with--Murial Anderson is a wonderful place to start your guitar music collection because she is a master of so many styles. This is top-notch playing, but it is also exquisitely beautiful guitar music. You could not go wrong with any of her discs, but so far Hometown Live is my favorite.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT in any category-box, August 9, 2011

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M. Coughlin "Mike" (Westerly, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hometown Live! (Audio CD)

For anyone thinking that classical/nylon-string guitar is limited to the classical repertoire, this is a breath of fresh air.

From semi-flamenco style to homey pop to finger-picking to, yes, traditional classical pieces ... to just plain F U N, this is NEAT stuff. Seldom does playing so describe an individual, but, while listening, I kept thinking ... what a happy, gentle soul ,,, reason enough, alone, to listen.

Muriel Anderson plays so competently, pragmatically ... and, refreshingly cleanly with nary a squeak (much artful Mastery, here). She is a gentle, tasteful entertainer ... with a twinkle in the eye ... of her playing.

Terrific, inspiring stuff!