TURNmusic presents
Outer Sounds, ft. Glenn Jones and Liam Grant
7:30 at The Phoenix
$5-20 Sliding, BYOB

"The best guitarist you never heard of." –The Boston Globe
Glenn Jones began playing guitar when he was 14 (after discovering Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold as Love) and is today one the leading proponents of American Primitive Guitar, a style invented in the late 1950s by his friend and mentor, John Fahey.
Glenn turned away from the guitar's standard E A D G B E tuning some 40 years ago and began creating his own tunings (he estimates he's invented more than a hundred). These and his use of custom-crafted two-, three- and four-string partial capos are Jones' way of escaping the known, thus allowing for the creation of new pieces of music, each of which requires its own chord shapes, fingerings, scales—and unique challenges: they are his way of navigating new and unfamiliar landscapes.

"Although only 23 years old, Liam's become a leading force in a much needed third wave revival of American Primitive music. Despite his age, Liam's the very definition of 'an old soul' and while he draws on a wide variety of contemporary influences, he also channels a comprehensive history of the blues as well as a deeper energy that informs both his playing and songwriting." -- Rob Vaughn, Portland, Oregon – July 2023

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