Steve Howe & Martin Taylor
Truly a guitarist's guitar recording, Masterpiece Guitars is a showcase for… Read Full Bio ↴Truly a guitarist's guitar recording, Masterpiece Guitars is a showcase for the vintage guitar collection of curator and collector Scott Chinery, brought to life by the duo of formidable British acoustic guitarist Martin Taylor and Yes lead guitarist Steve Howe.

While you might be expecting to hear an acoustic version of "Roundabout" or "Starship Trooper" more than any jazz songs, Masterpiece Guitars offers just shades of the former and quite a few of the latter. Throughout an eclectic program, a wide variety of textures and tones are heard from such desirable instruments as an original Orville Gibson archtop and a D'Angelico Teardrop.

Martin Taylor's versatility and nimble fretwork are on display in delightful versions of the Django-inspired "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" and Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are," where he accompanies himself on no less than four different guitars thanks to studio tracking. Even more compelling are the variety of approaches he employs on Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa," vacillating from single line melodies to pizzicato passages to chordal exercises with unerring ease.

The presence of Steve Howe, though, is something of a mixed bag throughout the proceedings. While his accompaniment to Taylor is sympathetic in these carefully controlled environs, compositions like "Two Teardrops" and "Ae Fond Kiss/Farewell To Erin" are exactly the kind of treacly mood songs that have bogged down Yes recordings for so many decades. Much more successful are the country swing and folk influenced songs like the Chet Atkins style "Goofus" and, most impressively, Taylor's "No Pedestrians," which features a crackerjack imitation of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant's high speed honky-tonk.

But the Appalachian folk of Howe's "Tailpiece" might be the best example of the magic that Chinery's rare instruments can create when played by experts. The interplay of the Bigsby Steel and the Gibson Century Mando is as hypnotic and natural as a ribbon of fog around a mountain and sounds entirely of another time. And that might be worth the price of the record in and of itself.

Track Listing: Two Teardrops; No Pedestrians; Smile; La Questa; All the Things You Are; Thought Waves; Thank Heaven for Little Girls; Ginger; Blue Bossa; Tailpiece; Cherokee Ridge; The Sunshine of Your Smile; Goofus; Moon River; Ae Fond Kiss/Farewell to Erin; Somewhere; Harpnosis

Personnel: Steve Howe (guitar), Martin Taylor (guitar)
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Steve Howe & Martin Taylor Lyrics


Goofus I was born on a farm out in Ioway A flaming…
Two Teardrops Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won′t…


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All's a Chord Don't bring yourself down here My constitution will just di…
Australia Play the halls, See the stalls tonight. Open roads the lik…
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Break Away From It All Standing in the street, Making me so weak. I'm just mental…
Close to the Edge Yes Close To The Edge I. The Solid Time Of Change Anderson/…
Disillusion Sister bluebird flying high above Shine your wings forward …
Doors of Sleep Life is just a reflection, Sometime mirrored in the past. …
Everytime You Look Over Your Shoulder Don't ask me how I know Just look over your shoulder You…
Excerpts from 11:59 and it's all going well, the next second could…



Goodbye Blue Sky Ok mummy, there's an airplane up in the sky Ooo oo…
Goofus I was born on a farm out in Ioway A flaming…
hour of need In the dark while the obvious isn't clear Can't believe jus…
Lay Lady Lay Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay, lady,…
Look Over Your Shoulder Don't ask me how I know Just look over your shoulder You…
Lost Symphony Two sided through four sides, We slide. Are we up, are we…
Mama You've Been On My Mind Perhaps it′s the color of the sun cut flat An' cov′rin'…
My White Bicycle My white bicycle, my white bicycle …
Over And Over Don't ask me how I know Just look over your shoulder You…
Planet Earth Only came outside to watch night fall with the rain I…
Pleasure Stole the Night Lord, help us do well, All that we have to do. Feet…
Ram --Instrumental--- ---------------------------------------…
Roundabout I'll be the round about The words will make you out…
Running the Human Race The wind rise to the window There′s children are home The re…
The Great Gig In The Sky "And I am not frightened of dying, any time will…
To Be Over We go sailing down the calming streams Drifting endlessly by…
Turn of the Century Realizing a form out of stone Set hands moving Roan shaped h…
Whispering Don't worry I'm not looking at you Gorgeous and dressed in…
Will O' the Wisp Break the chains that keep us here, The dirty city and…
You Never Can Stay In One Place All along it was a fever A cold sweat hot-headed believer I…
Your Move I've seen all good people turn their heads each day So…


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A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
bewitched She's a fool and don't I know it But a fool…
Bridge Over Troubled Water When you're down and out When you're on the street When even…
Deja Vu This is insane All you did was say hello Speak my name Fe…
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans And…
Don't Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
East Of The Sun East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build…
Emily Emily, Emily, Emily Has the murmuring sound of may All silve…
Everything Happens To Me Black cats creep across my path Until I'm almost mad I must…
Georgia on My Mind Made Up My Mind Written by Josh Martin   It takes courage to…
Ginger My Memory moh doo gee uhk hae yoh geuh soon…
Goofus I was born on a farm out in Ioway A flaming…
Have You Met Miss Jones? "Have you met Miss Jones?" someone said as we shook…
Here There and Everywhere To lead a better life I need my love to be…
How High the Moon Somewhere there's music How faint the tune Somewhere there's…
How Long Has This Been Going On? As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties, I…
I Got Rhythm I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I…
I'll Never Be the Same I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I'm Old Fashioned I am not such a clever one About the latest fads I…
I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
It's Only a Paper Moon Say, it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Like Someone in Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
Lulu's Back in Town Where's that careless chambermaid? Where'd she put my razor…
Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You're so like…
Mood Indigo You ain't never been blue; no, no, no, You ain't…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
My Funny Valentine Şimdi uzaklardasın Gönül hicranla doldu Şimdi uzaklardasın G…
My One and Only Love The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an…
Ol' Man River Ol' man river That ol' man river He don't say nothing But…
Polka Dots And Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Skylark Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me…
Sweet Lorraine Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, but…
Takin' a Chance on Love Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All…
Taking a Chance on Love Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All…
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Time After Time No eye has seen No ear has heard The beauty…
True One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do Two can…
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