Doyle Dykes
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:32 am
Last night I had the opportunity to go to my local guitar store (where I take lessons) and watch Doyle Dykes perform in front of a crowd totaling 40-50 people. I bought a ticket for $10.00 and went with no expectations. I was not very familiar with Doyle other than what I had read in a few posts here at TG and what the guys at the store told me about his talent. He is doing a series of Taylor shows in small venues such as this. Anyway, The show started at 7:00pm and lasted til about 9:30pm. I left thinking to myself that I knew I was no good at the guitar, but I never really realized just how "no good" I was. I was truly blown away by the talent this man possesses. Not only with the guitar, but his his audience. Very personable and quite the comic.
He started off with this country-fried pickin'. Let's just say it was fast, furious and solid. I really wanted to video the show last night to share with the site here, but they asked respectfully that no video or audio be taken.... He moved on to perform some of his own music which was very beautiful. A song that I really enjoyed was "Red Clay". Had to do with an area close to Doyle's home where the infamous "Trail of Tears" began back in the day. He also played a song called "Bridging the Gap" which he plays with his son on his new CD. I guess his son is quite the guitar player as well. He told stories and chatted with all of us sharing some hilarious takes from his time in the studio with various artists. All quite enjoyable. The part that got me really excited, was when he told us he was going to be touring with Tommy Animal (oops I mean Emmanuel) next year. He told us he and his partner call Tommy by animal for his playing skills. That really piqued my interest. I will be eagerly anticcipating that show..... Doyle told us of how he played "Classical Gas" in his 9th grade talent show and got first place. He then got to meet Mason Williams some years later. Mason told him how he got that cool sound. He told him that he had a 12-string playing in the back. So Doyle decides he is going to play "classical Gas" on a 12-string. He picks up this absolutely beautiful signature series 12-string from Taylor and begins to belt out "Classical Gas" for us last night. HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was freakin' tired after watching the song..... :woohoo: He went on to perform a few more songs, including a tribute to his father who passed away a couple of years ago.
Anyway, sorry for being so long here, but I was really excited to share this. If any of you ever get the chance, whether you like country style music or not, you should absolutely go see this man perform. Very nice person and an amazing performer.
Oh, and check your TV's for a channel I think is called RDF or RFD.... :unsure: :unsure:
Doyle is getting his own TV show soon with all kinds of guest performers. Going to be called "Live Sessions" or something like that.
Jason
He started off with this country-fried pickin'. Let's just say it was fast, furious and solid. I really wanted to video the show last night to share with the site here, but they asked respectfully that no video or audio be taken.... He moved on to perform some of his own music which was very beautiful. A song that I really enjoyed was "Red Clay". Had to do with an area close to Doyle's home where the infamous "Trail of Tears" began back in the day. He also played a song called "Bridging the Gap" which he plays with his son on his new CD. I guess his son is quite the guitar player as well. He told stories and chatted with all of us sharing some hilarious takes from his time in the studio with various artists. All quite enjoyable. The part that got me really excited, was when he told us he was going to be touring with Tommy Animal (oops I mean Emmanuel) next year. He told us he and his partner call Tommy by animal for his playing skills. That really piqued my interest. I will be eagerly anticcipating that show..... Doyle told us of how he played "Classical Gas" in his 9th grade talent show and got first place. He then got to meet Mason Williams some years later. Mason told him how he got that cool sound. He told him that he had a 12-string playing in the back. So Doyle decides he is going to play "classical Gas" on a 12-string. He picks up this absolutely beautiful signature series 12-string from Taylor and begins to belt out "Classical Gas" for us last night. HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was freakin' tired after watching the song..... :woohoo: He went on to perform a few more songs, including a tribute to his father who passed away a couple of years ago.
Anyway, sorry for being so long here, but I was really excited to share this. If any of you ever get the chance, whether you like country style music or not, you should absolutely go see this man perform. Very nice person and an amazing performer.
Oh, and check your TV's for a channel I think is called RDF or RFD.... :unsure: :unsure:
Doyle is getting his own TV show soon with all kinds of guest performers. Going to be called "Live Sessions" or something like that.
Jason