Dave Beegle - "Amazing Grace / Joy Medley"

Can I interest you in a flamenco-trained guitarist (who happens to be a good personal friend of Phil Keaggy) performing a medley of "Amazing Grace" and his own personal take on "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"? Dave Beegle is ridiculously good, and if that guitar that he's playing sounds a bit familiar, it's because it's an Olson guitar. He used to play an Olson that was loaned to him by Phil Keaggy (the tones of which you might have heard on Phil's album "Acoustic Sketches"). I think he owns a few of his own now, but you can't mistake that tone. For the record, it's a very expensive tone...as in a bare minimum of at least $10,000 expensive, and more typically between $15,000 and $40,000. Yeah, I'd like to play an Olson.

I was blessed to see Phil Keaggy and Dave Beegle together in concert up in Boulder, CO back when I was working in Denver. I hadn't heard of Dave before then, but I haven't forgotten him since that performance. He moves seamlessly between flamenco, jazz, classical, and sometimes even rock. His first solo album "A Year Closer" is entirely acoustic, amazing throughout, and well worth a listen. It also contains two different tracks that my wife and I used in our wedding service ("Joy" and "A Simple Prayer", in case you were wondering). It might take you a few minutes to figure out where he's going with this particular performance, but the wait is worth it. Also, for those of you unfamiliar with the technique, he's looping his own playing in a few parts toward the beginning (probably using a Lexicon JamMan, which has been Phil Keaggy's looping tool of choice for years). Enjoy!