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norman lebrecht

February 04, 2021

The trendy guitar virtuoso Sean Shibe has crossed London from the Rayfield Allied agency to HarrisonParrott.

He recently signed a record deal with Pentatone.

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T E says:

February 4, 2021 at 10:44 am

Tries too hard though, doesn’t he? Has nothing on Thibaut Garcia.

Florist says:

February 4, 2021 at 1:01 pm

Have these agencies and labels never heard of the real top guitarists? Ie. David Russell, Ricardo Gallén, in the younger generation Rafael Aguirre, Lukasz Kuropaczewski, Petrit Ceku, etc?

Ellingtonia says:

February 4, 2021 at 3:32 pm

Or perhaps they could invite all these young guitar players to go and listen to this gentleman, Derek Trucks and watch a genius at work…………. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBbRrvJt8G8

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Insegrevious says:

February 4, 2021 at 9:39 pm

Yep, Derek Trucks is probably the very best of a whole generation of young kids who spent hours in their bedrooms noodling their guitars in imitation of Clapton, Allman, and Van Halen in preparation for their emergence in the last few years – at least in the rock and roll world.

Ellingtonia says:

February 5, 2021 at 12:30 pm

Derek Trucks was opening for the Allman Brothers at the age of 13 (see link below) and subsequently played with the group, I don’t think he spent much time “noodling his guitars” as you put it. His technique and feeling for the music sets him a class apart from Clapton and Van Halen, but you would need to understand Blues and Rock music to appreciate this. Suggest you stick to the noodling of the anonymous classical guitarists that seem to come and go these days without making any real impression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQTbmUYI4A

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