Adrian Legg
High Strung Tall Tales
The Story
Adrian Legg is a unique and engaging artist who has steadily built a solid reputation among musicians, fans and the press as one of the most talented guitar instrumentalists and undeniably one of Britain's wittiest imports. "High Strung Tall Tales", Legg's 1994 effort features the complete Adrian; five of Adrian's troubadour style stories recorded live, three
live songs and twelve new studio tracks. High Strung, Tall Tales came
about by, in Legg's words, "the same kind of organic process as all the others, going in with some kind of vague idea and gradually arriving
at a form and shape." While there is plenty of Legg's classic flowing guitar eloquence to behold, there are quirky detours as well. The album's centerpiece is the ambitious and beautiful "High Strung Suite" ("Meditation" through "Slient Night - The Movie") an extended work played in "Nashville" or "high strung" tuning, which raises the pitch of a standard acoustic by an octave.
The Music
| 03:21 | Celandine | Instrumental |
| 04:00 | The Crockett Waltz | Instrumental |
| 04:24 | The Cool Cajun | Instrumental |
| 03:35 | Song For Di | Instrumental |
| 03:14 | Sweetheart | Instrumental |
| 06:02 | Meditation | Instrumental |
| 01:45 | Hispanic Theme | Instrumental |
| 02:54 | Thirds | Instrumental |
| 02:52 | Major Theme | Instrumental |
| 02:52 | Naive II | Instrumental |
| 03:14 | Silent Night - The Movie | Instrumental |
| 03:31 | Mud & Jigs | Vocal |
| 03:20 | Paddy In The Synagogue/The Pregnant... | Instrumental |
| 03:22 | Sharon Puckett's Knees | Vocal |
| 05:15 | The Irish Girl | Instrumental |
| 06:35 | Profiles In Hormones | Vocal |
| 02:29 | Queenie's Waltz | Instrumental |
| 01:58 | Two Duties | Vocal |
| 03:11 | Meditation Reprise | Instrumental |
| 01:14 | Nasenhaarmechismus | Vocal |
The Artists
| Adrian Legg | Guitar, Production, Cover Concept |
| John Wicks | Engineering |
| Peter Humphreys | Mastering |
| Bob Barrella | Design, Art Direction |
| Jeff Sacks | Photography |
| Recorded at Third Story Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA.
Mastered at Masterworks, Philadelphia, PA. |
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