Acoustic Guitar Central: Terry Robb, Resting Place

All Articles
Guitar Lessons
Guitars and Gear
CD, DVD, Book Reviews
Summer Workshops

RESOURCES

Players' Choice Awards
For Beginners
For Professionals
For Teachers
Guitar Talk Discussion
Forums
Video Gallery
The Acoustic Café Online

ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE

Current Issue
Back Issues

SHOP

The Store
Acoustic Guitar Method
Acoustic Guitar Books
Downloads and Albums

WIN

Win a guitar modeled after
Elvis Presley’s Martin D-28
Win a box of D'Addario EJ17s
Win a Córdoba Guitar
Win $1,500 in Players'
Choice Gear!

MUSIC DOWNLOADS

Go to iTunes to download music featured on acousticguitar.com.

Printable Version E-mail this story

Terry Robb, Resting Place

By Ian Zack

It’s the rare guitarist who can whip off a killer 12-bar blues solo, then turn around and fingerpick Travis-style with speed and subtlety. Yet Portland, Oregon, guitarist and singer Terry Robb does just that—on amplified acoustic, no less—on Resting Place, his first CD for Yellow Dog Records. Robb serves up a tasty picnic of blues guitar styles, moving effortlessly from Memphis to Chicago to North Carolina. On Arthur Crudup’s “My Baby Left Me,” he picks like Scotty Moore on hyperdrive—and adds just the right amount of Elvis to his throaty vocal. He turns Reverend Gary Davis’ “Hesitation Blues” into a fingerpicking tour de force and pulls out a slide for the title track, a funky bottleneck instrumental. Robb, a sought-after session man who has recently started releasing more of his own material, may occasionally overreach his vocal range, as on Percy Mayfield’s testifying blues “My Mind Is Trying to Leave Me,” but this is a minor quibble about an otherwise very satisfying set. (Yellow Dog, www.yellowdogrecords.com)

This article also appears in Acoustic Guitar, Issue #155

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

Give a Gift
Manage Your Account
See Table of Contents
Listen to This Issue

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Yes! Please send me my trial subscription issue of Acoustic Guitar, the player's #1 resource for reviews, technique tips, sheet music, and much more. I'll pay just $32.95, and receive a full one-year subscription (12 issues in all). That's a savings of $38.45 off the newsstand price! In addition, you will receive 24/7 access to our exclusive web content.

We are so sure you will be satisfied with your subscription, we are willing to offer a 100% money back guarantee!

FREE LESSONS! Pay now and get 15 free acoustic guitar lesson downloads! Click here.

First Name		Last Name

Address		Address 2

City

State or Province

Zip		Country

E-mail

Home Subscribe My Account Advertise Job Opportunities Help About Us Privacy Policy Contact Us
© 2007 String Letter Publishing, Inc., David A. Lusterman, Publisher.