Brainwashed.com: The Eye - James Blackshaw (1 of 3)

[xoircal]

guitar music inspired by JB:

watch?v=QYWVawpCAy8

[denverexec2000]

Thank goodness a new great fingerstylist has come along to carry forward both the British and American traditions . At his best, like here, he is in the pantheon already.

[Annarctica]

James Blackshaw I have a love/love relationship with you. Love your music. Love the fact that seeing you in Montreal on Thursday literally brought tears to my eyes. Keep up the good work.

[bearzo27]

James Blackshaw I have a love/hate relationship with you. Love your music. Hate the fact your disgustingly better than me on guitar. Keep up the good work.

[ssenmail]

I can't quite work out which record this is on. I may have to yarr, even though I'd rather not. Hopefully one day he'll be famous enough to re-package all his early CD-Rs as one big lovely thing?

[Herzog1012]

What is the name of this piece and which album is it on?

[ssenmail]

It's on Imaginational anthems II, a compilation released by Blackshaw's record company.

[SlavenBilic]

Boa ó caganeira man! :D

[intoxikitty]

I agree, hiramkeys, I'm going to be spending the night of my 40th birthday enjoying his performance live at Cafe du Nord in San Fran!

[intoxikitty]

I agree, hiramkeys, I'm going to be spending the night of my 40th birthday enjoying his performance live at Cafe du Nord!

[funtcaseninemillion]

I think the tuning is standard with the middle two strings tuned up a whole step.

So low to high it is: EAEABE

The recorded version from 'Imaginational Anthem' is in G so I'm guessing it's the same but capo'd at the third fret.

Good luck working out the rest of the tune!

[funtcaseninemillion]

A possible alternative is AEAABE with the lower strings massively downtuned - I only have a 6-string guitar so the octaves can throw me off quite badly.

[aleatoric12]

this is most likely....AEAEC#D# is used in clouds.

[funtcaseninemillion]

Nah, the 'River Of Heaven' tuning is AEAEBE - I figured it out properly after a few more attempts. Thanks for telling me the clouds tuning though! Have been trying to get my head round that for ages.

[dicsballer9]

@funtcaseninemillion whats clouds tuning? :)

[1ArtfulBodger]

Does anybody know the tuning for River of Heaven??

[1minus1testing]

The tunings are on the inner sleevs of the cd I believe.

[1ArtfulBodger]

Sadly this cd is unavailable.Some of his earlier recordings were of limited production.

[1minus1testing]

sorry yes you are right - it's not on Cloud of Unknowing... that's the one that has tunings on the inner sleeve I hear.

[hiramkeys]

Absolutely astonishing!