High Strung Tall Tales

1994 · 20 tracks · 1h 10m
New Age
Added November 2020

Largely Instrumental Guitar Sold on Guitar Nine

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.

Tracks — 15 of 20 instrumental

1	Celandine Inst. guitar	3:22
2	The Crockett Waltz Inst. guitar	4:02
3	The Cool Cajun Inst. guitar	4:27
4	Song for Di Inst. guitar	3:39
5	Sweetheart Inst. guitar	3:20
6	High Strung Suite: Meditation Inst. guitar	6:03
7	High Strung Suite: Hispanic Theme Inst. guitar	1:45
8	High Strung Suite: Thirds Inst. guitar	2:54
9	High Strung Suite: Major Theme Inst. guitar	2:58
10	Naiive II Inst. guitar	3:27
11	Silent Night - The Movie Inst. guitar	3:17
12	Mud & Jigs	3:31
13	Paddy in the Synagogue/The Pregnant Folksinger Inst. guitar	3:23
14	Sharon Puckett's Knees	3:23
15	The Irish Girl Inst. guitar	5:14
16	Profiles in Hormones	6:35
17	Queenie's Waltz Inst. guitar	2:29
18	Two Duties	2:03
19	Meditation Reprise Inst. guitar	3:17
20	Nasenhaarmechismus	1:14