"This album is about meeting artists, enjoying their music, building relationships with them, making guitars for them and enjoying their music even more. I’m a frustrated musician, making guitars is my way of being on stage myself and there is nothing I enjoy more than hearing and seeing them in the hands of some of the best musicians in the world." Roger Bucknall
This is no ordinary CD. It comprises a 128 page book that comprises "notes on the playing styles, tunings and recording techniques used, plus various comments from me that might, or might not, be interesting." (Roger again).
My involvement was to "support and counsel and who put all the words and graphics together" (Roger again).
52 artists and the recording technicians and session musicians were involved.
A double album to raise funds for charities relevant to music and musicians. It has 43 pieces of music played on six string, twelve string, nylon string, tenor, baritone, resonator, acoustic bass and jazz guitars, mandolins, mandolas, bouzoukis and ukulele.
Featuring solo instrumentals, duets, songs and bands, including music specially recorded and specially written for this project and tracks that cannot be heard elsewhere.
Featuring: Gordon Giltrap; Martin Carthy; Barbara Dickson; Archie Fisher; Vin Garbutt; Martin Simpson; Chris While; Hobson & Lees; Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine; Peter Howarth, FRONTM3N; David Mead; Jez Lowe; Hugh Burns; Troy Donockley; Fairport Convention - Dave Pegg & Chris Leslie; Graham Coxon; John James; Lisa Hannigan; Andy Irvine; Bob Fox & Stu Luckley; Nic Jones; John Smith; Megan Henwood; Eric Bibb; John Doyle; Charlotte Carrivick; Bireli Lagrene & Adam Palma; David Buckingham; Nick Hooper; Elliott Morris; Tristan Seume; Will McNicol & Luke Selby; Antonio Forcione; Innes Watson; Phil Cool; Billy Watman; Ben Walker; Ken Nicol; Henry Olsen; Toby Hay; Adam Bulley & Chas Mackenzie; Remi Harris and Clive Carroll.
