Michael Hedges - Two Days Old

Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. 1996. From the private collection of bpbass http://www.youtube.com/user/bpbass , who has kindly agreed to let me repost here. Be sure to check out his collection of music videos. Tuning D2G2D3G3Bb3C4. See http://www.nomadland.com/ for information on Hedges and a fund for his children.

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[jazzpsalti]

Hey type3... I was just watching this and thinking about learning it... maybe you're right, but those min7 chords in the harmonics and the 4th on the open bass strings is making me think the tuning is different...

My guess is DGDGBbC

[type3secretion]

No, you are RIGHT!  Not sure why I messed this up. I checked the Stropes site and its D2G2D3G3Bb3C4. My sincere apologize to anyone who has wasted time on the tuning I had up. I changed it.

[schuey999]

A few times in the history of man, an artist will come along. A man with a brush, a woman with an idea, and a man with a guitar. Be glad that you're among the few that recognize how great this is

[spinningwheel]

I rank Hedges in his own style at the same level I would view Reinhardt or Bream. Make no mistake, this is the most recent display of musical genius I can find. What a haunting performance.

[Dunford00]

type3 , first off thanks for the uploads, you are doing GREAT WORK!

i have a question for anyone that may have the answer....

i have a huge discography file of michael from rapidshare and guess what, over the course of time the password didnt make its way over along with these files! does anyone know what this password is? ive tried all sorts of things, kinda sad that this discography file is still downloadable, but with no pw.. thanks, and keep on listening to this great music, peace.. Evan

[joeybagadonutz23]

@stirfoo

he is fretting a note and doing so in such a way as not to interfere with the harmonic which is ringing while he frets the bass line.

[stirfoo]

What is he doing when he comes over the top of the neck? Is he fretting a note or is it a harmonic? This is simply outstanding music. I feel like I'm an infant.

[marasu66]

I was just playing Gregg Cagno's disc _Present Moment Days_, and he blends this song with a song he cowrote, "Lost in Durango".

[KakashiTheFirst]

@schuey999 Nah... there's always someone living somewhere, with such passion for what they do. There has always a man with a dedicated brush, a fighting woman who is always breaking the gender barriers, a man with an musical instrument. We are always among them... the only thing most people lack is the confidence to search for who isn't being talked about.

[joeybagadonutz23]

Every time I listen to this song, I never want it to end. To me it's the sound of life or contemplation of life. Never met the guy, but I sure miss him.

[gkfcarsnev]

its so stunning to listen and watch him. i hope people recognize his genius hundreds of years from now and his music lives on.

[afterthought9]

On top of everything else, he's a masting at writing unusual disjunct melodies that somehow work so well.

[Srvtecej]

Listening to each of his songs is like taking a journey. Don't know where they will take you but by the end you are happy you took the ride.

[EuphoriaCyborg]

When I die, I want to be traveling thru space at the speed of light towards the Sun, listening to THIS!

Ditto on the Cal Expo CSN show in 92. Ingrained in brain...