Acoustic Shards

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Acoustic Shards is Buckethead's second special release. It consists of acoustic recordings culled from tapes that were reportedly recorded on July 2, 1991 when Buckethead was 22 years of age. The album was released on May 31, 2007 by Jas Obrecht, through his label Avabella, who also released the DVDs Young Buckethead Vol. 1 & 2. According to Jas Obrecht: "Imagine, if you will, that Buckethead walked into a quiet living room, picked up an acoustic guitar, and began improvising one amazing composition after the next -- that's what happened when we recorded Acoustic Shards back in 1991. (It was taped a couple of weeks after the final Deli Creeps concert on the Young Buckethead DVD, but is quite different musically.) It is a single-CD, 52:30 minutes in length, 15 track. Included are very early versions of "For Mom" and "Who Me?" as well as a lot of stuff you've never heard before. The playing is spectacular -- some of it sounds like Django Reinhardt meets Ornette Coleman meets young EVH meet... well, that which is uniquely and lovably Buckethead. Some passages are so advanced you'd swear it's two guitarists -- but it was all recorded in real time and without overdubs -- while other parts are just melodically beautiful beyond word. So far, everyone who's heard it has said it's the kind of music that resonates in you long after the stereo's been turned off." .

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