multitec masquerade

the godin multitec did not exist in the 50's

RobertW,ancient1,Garland,

Wow.  That was masterfully played; not a single off note.  Just.  Wow.

That would have sounded great even on a crappy nylon guitar....
...provided it stayed in tune! 

The boy can play.   

There was a time, from about 1965 till 1970, that I drifted away from folk music and listened almost entirely to jazz. I sold my Gibson J-50 and bought an ES-175 with a single pick-up and started working my way through Mickey Baker'sJazz Guitar book. In 1970, I started teaching in Roseneth School which bordered on the Alderville First Nations. A number of the kids in my class and their parents were heavily into bluegrass and Americana/Canadiana type music and I sold my Gibson and bought a D-18. Soon after I took up the banjo and mandolin and played in a number of eclectic acoustic groups and still do, but I still find myself loving to listen to instrumental music a lot. Vocals are sometimes really nice, but not necessary. When Al Kirby and I recorded our Sittin' In The Kitchen CD about a decade ago (maybe more) there were about 50/50 vocals and instrumentals.

Re: This Masquerade. George Benson was one of the guitar players that I listened to a lot when I was in high school in the mid-sixties and he was one of my jazz guitar heroes. In 1976, my mom bought a George Benson LP that she thought I'd love called This Masquerade. On this album, George was not only a guitar player, he had started singing as well. Even though there was some very tastey guitar playing on this album, it never seemed to grab me like his instrumental LPs had.
I really like Walter Rodrigues Jr.'s take on This Masquerade. Thanks for that RobertW .

 I can also appreciate talent in all types of music as others here. I felt his guitar playing was great as well as many others who just play an instrument whether a Cello which was my first instrument of choice , never heard a Cello player sing, they make the instrument sing.  Of a violin player as well as guitar or any stringed instrument. I also appreciate a great singer who does not play an instrument . I loved choirs just a blend of voices. Also love orchestras.

That's a perfectly valid reason for learning guitar.  I think a lot of folks learn guitar as a backup to their singing and it works well for that.
A lot of guys learn guitar to impress girls.  I guess it works well for some guys.  Not sure how many girls learn guitar to impress guys, but that's the first thing that caught my attention when I met my wife.
I think I just loved the idea of playing the guitar.  I would pick up my neighbour's guitar and later my brother's guitar and thought that the sheer desire to play should make it sound good, but it didn't work.  Then I discovered that if I put some effort into learning and studying the guitar, that I could get a sound I liked.  I was hooked. . . but that was over 60 years ago and that's the way this sliver of memory tells me it happened.

TonyKgull, sing it brother! I LOVE playin at playin a guitar and have become addicted- but, I love singin too- and being able to do both makes my day