Jaquie Gipson
Acoustic Guitarist
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Jaquie Gipson |
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"Her hand movement is poetry in motion." --Taylor Guitars "Put a guitar in her hands and she'll tell you a story. Not with words, but with music." --Scott Smith, The Pueblo Chieftain "I remembered an old magician saying 'at no time will my fingers leave my hands!' I just had to wonder what sleight of hand Jaquie was performing when I heard and saw her unique rhythmic double tapping acoustic magic." --Lee Colburn, The Black Rose Acoustic Society |
| I began playing the guitar at the age of 14. My first real guitar was a blue Fender Mustang (Yes, I still have it) and I played basically rhythm guitar. When I first heard Leo Kottke, I was absolutely stunned, amazed, and on my way to a new style of playing. I listened to all the fingerstyle guitar records that I could get my hands on. Everything from Kottke to Segovia, here was a whole new world to explore. I continued playing more or less traditional fingerstyle guitar until once again my head was turned. I saw Michael Hedges play on PBS Television, I can't begin to tell you how exciting it was to see and hear something so different and new on the guitar! Here were a new batch of artists who have influenced my playing -- Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, Billy McLaughlin, and Stanley Jordan to name just a few. |
| Over the years I have taken those influences and molded them into my own style. In 1997, I recorded my first CD "Just Guitar", a collection of 15 original pieces. From Traditional fingerstyle to a double tapping technique. In June of 2000 I came out with another CD called "Hometown". Some of the songs include arrangements for cello and hand percussion along with the fingerstyle and double tapping techniques. Both CDs are strictly instrumental. |
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"Tap Dance"
"Green Flash"
"High Wire"
"A Change of Mind" "Last Days of Summer" "Child's Play" |
"Always"
"Lullaby"
"Annie's Angel"
"Remember" "Mood Swing" "Single Track" |
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