Ed Gerhard
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Instrumental New Age, folk, with occasional blues
Status:
Most recent release, There and Gone (2012)
See also:
Ed Gerhard site
Comparisons:
Other easy-listening instrumental guitarists
Covers/own material:
Own and covers
General comments:
See album comments below
Recommended first album:
house of guitars is the first we've heard
Recordings:
- Night Birds (c. 1992)
- Christmas (1994)
- Luna (1994)
- Counting the Ways (1996)
- On a Cold Winter's Night (1998)
- The Live Album (ilve, 1999)
- house of guitars (2001)
- Sunnyland (2006)
- There and Gone (2012)
house of guitars
Release info:
2001—Virtue Records, PO Box 158, Center Strefford, NH 03815-0158, USA—VIRTUE VRD 1925
Availability:
See website for availability
Ecto priority:
Recommended for instrumental music fans
Group members:
Ed Gerhard—guitars, lap steel, bass, cumbus, percussion
Guest artists:
Randy Roos-electric guitar on 1 track
Ray Brunelle—drums on 1 track
Produced by:
Ed Gerhard
Comments:
House of Guitars is a pleasant album, and I mean that in the best sense of the word. Ed Gerhard's new age folk (with occasional forays into blues) mixes originals, traditionals, and covers. All but one of the songs are solo, and Ed plays several kinds of guitars (acoustic, Hawaiian, slide, lap steel) as well as bass and a few other instruments. It's the kind of music you want to listen to on a rainy Saturday afternoon or while curled up in front of the fireplace. That is to say it's both comfortable and comforting. It's laid back, tender, and pretty. There's nothing bad on it or about it, but I don't find anything particularly compelling either. If you're a fan of instrumental guitar music, you might like it very much. If you're not (and I admit I'm not) then you might find it makes nice background music but not much more. I see on Amazon that he does have 2 Christmas albums which I'm actually interested in checking out. I think his style might work very nicely with holiday music. (JoAnn Whetsell)
Thanks to JoAnn Whetsell for work on this entry.
