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Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau: Minors Aloud

Read "Minors Aloud" reviewed by John Kelman


Art of Life recently reissued Canadian ex-pat Lenny Breau's last album before his untimely death in '84, Swingin' on a Seven-String, bringing the special relationship that Breau shared with Nashville pedal steel legend Buddy Emmons to the fore again. Breau, a guitarist who may not have reached the public acclaim he deserved, had a remarkable ability to self-accompany in a way that made him sound like two and sometimes three players at once, and he influenced a wide range of ...

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Lenny Breau: Swingin' on a Seven-String

Read "Swingin' on a Seven-String" reviewed by John Kelman


While guitarist Lenny Breau's innovations may not seem so significant now, he was like a bolt of lightning when he emerged in the '70s out of Manitoba, Canada. A true self-accompanist who integrated virtuosic skills in jazz, country, and flamenco into an unmistakable voice, Breau made his guitar sound like an ensemble. Legend has it that Chet Atkins was walking down the hall of a Nashville studio and, hearing music coming out of one of the rooms, said to himself, ...

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Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau-"Minors Aloud" CD on Art of Life Records

Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau-"Minors Aloud" CD on Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz

Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau-"Minors Aloud" CD on Art of Life Records Originally released in 1978 on Flying Fish Records and now available on CD for the first time!! Art of Life Records is proud to announce our latest CD release. Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau-"Minors Aloud" AL1014-2 “Minors Aloud" was recorded at Pete's Place in Nashville, Tennessee on August 7th & 8th, 1978 and originally released the same year on LP on Flying Fish Records. The album features several ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Minors Aloud

Art of Life Records
2005

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Swingin' on a...

Art of Life Records
2005

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Minors Aloud

Bizarre Planet Entertainment
1978

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