Isaac Guillory (February 27, 1947 - December 31, 2000) was a Cuban-born gui… Read Full Bio ↴Isaac Guillory (February 27, 1947 - December 31, 2000) was a Cuban-born guitarist. He later lived in the United States and the United Kingdom. His daughter is British actress and model Sienna Guillory.
Born on the US Navy Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Guillory played piano and guitar as a child and electric guitar as a high school student in Florida. He also studied music at Roosevelt University in Chicago 1965-69. While there, he recorded two albums with the Cryan' Shames as bass player. Leaving University he acquired a Martin D-35 and travelled Europe as an acoustic solo performer. Guillory came to earn the reputation of one of the best guitarists ever. Many guitarists today emulate the techniques Guillory evolved in the early 70's while living in Spain. He performed frequently as a guest artists for recordings and films with, among others, Al Stewart, Donovan, Mick Jagger, Buggles, Barbara Dickson and Nick Heyward. Guillory released "Isaac Guillory", a self-titled album in 1974. For a while Guillory went on to play jazz fusion and record with Pacific Eardrum, but from circa 1986 concentrated on his solo performances (which put him up-close with more intimate small audiences) and sharing his understanding of music; touring, creating his own online guitar school, and lecturing at the Guildhall School Of Music in London. He published five more CD's on his own independent label, Personal Records. As a performer he was dedicated to sharing his gift with both audience and fellow musicians, and as a teacher he never hesitated to share in a manner that others could understand.
Isaac Guillory passed away in 2000. His legacy is the music that only he could cause to come forth from a guitar with such apparent grace, pleasure and ease.
Born on the US Navy Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Guillory played piano and guitar as a child and electric guitar as a high school student in Florida. He also studied music at Roosevelt University in Chicago 1965-69. While there, he recorded two albums with the Cryan' Shames as bass player. Leaving University he acquired a Martin D-35 and travelled Europe as an acoustic solo performer. Guillory came to earn the reputation of one of the best guitarists ever. Many guitarists today emulate the techniques Guillory evolved in the early 70's while living in Spain. He performed frequently as a guest artists for recordings and films with, among others, Al Stewart, Donovan, Mick Jagger, Buggles, Barbara Dickson and Nick Heyward. Guillory released "Isaac Guillory", a self-titled album in 1974. For a while Guillory went on to play jazz fusion and record with Pacific Eardrum, but from circa 1986 concentrated on his solo performances (which put him up-close with more intimate small audiences) and sharing his understanding of music; touring, creating his own online guitar school, and lecturing at the Guildhall School Of Music in London. He published five more CD's on his own independent label, Personal Records. As a performer he was dedicated to sharing his gift with both audience and fellow musicians, and as a teacher he never hesitated to share in a manner that others could understand.
Isaac Guillory passed away in 2000. His legacy is the music that only he could cause to come forth from a guitar with such apparent grace, pleasure and ease.
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Isaac Guillory Lyrics
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Iñigo Crespo
It's so easy to think of the times gone by
It's a hard thing to think of the times to come
And the grace to accept your time as a gift
Is a gift that is given to some.
What can you do but work all your days
Let your dreams bind your work to your play
What can you do with each moment of your life
But love til you've loved them away.
There are sorrows enough for the whole world's end
There are no guarantees but the grave
And this life that I live & the time I have spent
Is a treasure too precious to save.
Nice poem. Magic son. Great Isaac. Really great.
Iñigo Crespo
It's so easy to think of the times gone by
It's a hard thing to think of the times to come
And the grace to accept your time as a gift
Is a gift that is given to some.
What can you do but work all your days
Let your dreams bind your work to your play
What can you do with each moment of your life
But love til you've loved them away.
There are sorrows enough for the whole world's end
There are no guarantees but the grave
And this life that I live & the time I have spent
Is a treasure too precious to save.
Nice poem. Magic son. Great Isaac. Really great.
Becca Cloud
Absolute best version of this song I've ever heard.
super8guy
This is a fine cover of the song penned by Bob Franke.
harry smith
One of the most inspiring and underated musicians ever, RIP Isaac.
gatedicath
Heard this song many months ago on a radio station called A net station on my Iphone (based in Antarctica of all places) and every since it has been recurring in my mind, only found it again today, such a great song, sad to see that Issac Guillory is no longer alive, A great voice indeed.
Pippa Reid
Such a wonderfully sensitive and professional performer Very much missed. ♥️
Jace Guillory
Thank you so much for posting this, it has most certainly filled my heart and touched my soul. Good message as well. Any more clips all you people have please please post them so we all can enjoy these moments of his life. My eternal gratitude to 'spring74light' for pointing me to this clip. ... Just love till you've loved them away... God I miss you Dad, thank you for all you taught me & showed me....
Scott Strand
Sometimes a song is more than a song. Your father wrote "A MASTERS FOOL" while a member of the Cryan' Shames. It is an incredible song but the lyrics are also quite possibly the greatest poetry ever created. In 1974 during a very dark night of the soul, that song, and your father's lyrics, saved my life.
ejc
Stunningly beautiful!
spring74light
It is such a pity that Isaac never had the chance to play at ‘The Sage’, Gateshead. I am sure the place would have become his ‘second home’. [Tyneside, England.]