{"id":4313,"date":"2014-10-08T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:31:11","slug":"michael-hedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/michael-hedges\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hedges &#8211; Guitarist Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sometimes it seems barely a year since Michael Hedges died, back in 1997, untimely failing to navigate the curve of a mountain road near his California home.<\/h1>\n<h2>His music is just so alive, timeless, and perhaps even from another time if not another dimension.<\/h2>\n<p>Michael Hedges was an enormous influence and inspiration who opened vistas of possibility for guitarists everywhere. Also, he forever ended the argument that 14-fret dreadnoughts like his 1971 Martin D-28 were only for Country Western and Bluegrass.<\/p>\n<p>They are also for boogieing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QnaEZaUMk-s?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And for trips to inner-space, as <em>Ariel Boundaries<\/em> is my all-time favorite piece of music to listen to while melting away my cares in a steaming hot bath.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YaIN13aDbCc?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here he is playing Bach on his vintage harp guitar.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dfnm__lNNUg?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hedges also sang and did interesting covers of popular songs by artists he admired. And here for those who want more, is a full public performance, the very last one captured on video before he passed away too young and far too soon.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r4AysS-WN0A?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>Michael Hedges, an original, often copied but never replaced.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomadland.com\/Point_A.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4315 \" src=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Spiral-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Hedges official website spiral\" width=\"109\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Spiral-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Spiral-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Spiral.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomadland.com\/Point_A.htm\">Official Michael Hedges website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P3p2sf-18v\" target=\"_blank\">More Guitarists in the Spotlight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it seems barely a year since Michael Hedges died, back in 1997, untimely failing to navigate the curve of a mountain road near his &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[113,150,12,151],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-4313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitars","category-artists","tag-d-28","tag-guitarist-of-the-week","tag-martin","tag-michael-hedges"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Hedges - Guitarist of the Week - One Man&#039;s Guitar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael Hedges was an enormous influence and inspiration who opened vistas of possibility for guitarists everywhere. 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