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Suni McGrath - 1971 - The Call of the Mourning Dove
Biography of Suni McGrath . . .1956 Suni starts guitar, including lessons ... 1960 Gives first performance at talent show, about 300 in audience As a pioneer of fingerpicking, he begins to create the fingerpicking style . . . 1961 One of the first 12 string solo artists, WYSO radio has Suni McGrath play his fingerpicked solo 12 string on radio at Antioch College where he becomes friends with Ian Buchanan and others at "the Bakery” . . . 1962 In Detroit, McGrath is asked by Detroit Folklore Society to give first concert on his 12 string Gibson. Many in 2005 still remember this . . . 1963, He takes lessons with Rev. Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt. A record scout. hears Suni McGrath at Newport, R.I. Festival where he came up from Greenwich Village his regular playing area, and signs him to first recording contract on the Piedmont label, Mississippi John Hurt’s label . . . 1965 Suni invents, far-out odd-time rhythms fingerpicking results in tape sent to Folkways Records . . . 1968 Suni McGrath, rediscovered by new and different label, taken to east coast to record first issued album . . . 1971 He records the earliest version of the Celtic/Irish/modal (he is Irish ! ) "The Star of County Down”, . . . 1972 Suni McGrath’s records fantastically reviewed in many magazines, newspapers, and played on many radio stations nationwide. Nominee for "Guitarist of the Year” for his three albums: Cornflower Suite, The Call of the Mourning Dove, and Childgrove .(Suni MySpace page)
01 - This So Sweet To Trust In Jesus 02 - In The Carriage House 03 - He Led Me Out Of The Darkness 04 - Kyrie 05 - The Call Of The Mourning Dove 06 - Ripe Figs 07 - The King Is Coming 08 - Hallelujah, I Belong To The Band 09 - Verbum Patris-Sanctus, Benedictus 10 - On The Riverpath She Waited
