27. Januar 2008
Andy McKee - Africa (original by Toto)
Well, if that isn't a masterpiece I don't know what is. Andy McKee, born in Topega, Kansas, is an US-American fingerstyle guitarist currently signed to the US-American record label Candyrat Records. His style of playing and his compositions have earned him a considerable fanbase; in late 2006, a live performance of his flagship song "Drifting" became a Featured Video on YouTube and MySpace, achieving over 10,000,000 views on the former to date and remaining one of its highest rated music clips. [partly copied from wikipedia]
McKnee startet playing guitar when he was only 13 years old, when his father bought him an acoustic guitar. Since 2001 he released 5 albums, the first still independetly, the others under the lable of CANdYRAT Records, which along with about 100 to 200 sold out shows annualy are highly recommended and a piece of art. He has also performed with other famous performers such as Don Ross, Antoine Dufour, Michael Manring and others.
Check out his music at youtube.com under the username of rpoland. You can also find other artists which are currently under the Candyrat Records.
Please buy his music to support him! (I'm currently still looking for CD's to buy too *gg*
oh... by the way - another highly recommended song is Drifting! Such a great piece!