179 The Wood and The Wire: guitar instrumentals
An idea that occurred to me a while ago, and at the time I didn’t think there would be many tracks that qualified. Then I started to look properly, and my goodness, there are loads.
I did indulge myself a bit in choosing some of my own favourites, but Malaclypse and Hugh contributed too, Hugh helping with the classical/accoustic section in particular.
We had a good audience, especially considering we were still in the holiday period, and the folks in the cavern liked it. We’ll start work on a follow-up
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| That Road | Larry Carlton | With Special Guest Robben Ford – Live In Tokyo | 2007 |
| Outward Bound | Wishbone Ash | New England | 1976 |
| Closed Door Jam | Lee Ritenour | Larry & Lee | 1995 |
| Weebles Wobble (But They Won’t Fall Down) | John Renbourn | Palermo Snow | 2011 |
| So What | George Benson | Beyond The Blue Horizon | 1971 |
Main show
| 5 Minutes To Spare | The Hellecasters | The Return Of The Hellecasters | 1993 |
| Step On It | Robben Ford | Robben Ford & The Blue Line | 1992 |
| Guitar Boogie | Chuck Berry | One Dozen Berry’s | 1958 |
| Rene’s Theme | Larry Coryell | Spaces | 1970 |
| Receipt, Please | Jim Hall & Ron Carter | Alone Together | 1972 |
| Devil Take the Hindmost | Allan Holdsworth | Metal Fatigue | 1985 |
| Freeway Jam [feat. Mike Stern & Tomoyasu Hotei] | Lee Ritenour | 6 String Theory | 2010 |
| Bright Size Life | Pat Metheny | Bright Size Life | 1976 |
| So What | Larry Carlton | Last Nite | 1987 |
| Ode To A Kudu | George Benson | Beyond The Blue Horizon | 1971 |
| King Arthur’s Dream | Jerry Donahue | Telecasting | 1986 |
| New Nothynge | John Renbourn Group | The Nine Maidens | 1985 |
| Sonata per Rovene M.S.14 1, 2 | Nicolo Paganini | Complete Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Ponce – Prelude in E Major | Andrés Segovia | The Segovia Collection Volume 1 | 1987 |
| Rondo in A Minor, Opus 2 Number 3 : Dionisio Aguado | Julian Bream | Music of Spain | 2016 |
| Juggling | Kazuhito Yamashita | Tippett – The Blue Guitar | 2002 |
| Favourite Things | Martin Barre | Stage Left | 2003 |
| Tom’s | Martin Barre | The Meeting | 1996 |
| Carl’s Big Chance | The Beach Boys | All Summer Long | 1964 |
| Deafinitely | David Gilmour | David Gilmour | 1978 |
| Rumble | Link Wray | Live at the Paradiso | 1979 |
| Bona Fide | Wishbone Ash | Bona Fide – Special Limited Edition | 2006 |
| Samba Pa Ti | Santana | Abraxas (1998 30th Anniv. Expanded Ed.) | 1970 |
| Song Of The Wind | Santana | Caravanserai | 1972 |
Postshow: Kid Charlemagne, Peg and In The Dead Of Night are included for their most excellent guitar solos, from Larry Carlton, Jay Graydon and Allan Holdsworth respectively. The Wood and The Wire is the song I borrowed the title from:
The wood and the wire can claim a man
Dreams in his fingers, power in his hands
Louder than laughter, brighter than fire
The promise that lives in the wood and the wire
| Crosstown Kids | Lee Ritenour | Larry & Lee | 1995 |
| Around the Bend | Jerry Donahue | Telecasting | 1986 |
| Burnable | Larry Carlton | With Special Guest Robben Ford – Live In Tokyo | 2007 |
| In The Dead Of Night | UK | UK | 1978 |
| Kid Charlemagne | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| Peg | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| The Wood and The Wire | Fairport Convention | The Wood and The Wire | 2000 |