Hymns from the Living Room – notes about the music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a project I carried around in my head for an awful long time. This is a collection of instrumental pieces for solo fingerstyle guitar. In my mind, the power of the classic hymns of the faith combined with the intimacy of solo acoustic guitar brings an incredibly strong sense of peace to the listener.

 

All of the songs were recorded in one pass (many takes, but one pass each). Except where noted, all of these were recorded on my McPherson 3.5.

 

Here are the songs (with links to live performances where I have them):

 

• Amazing Grace/I’ll Fly Away

• ‘Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus

• In Christ There Is No East or West

• This is My Father’s World

• I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say/Come Ye Sinners, Weak and Weary (Martin D35-12 S)

• Peace Like a River/It is Well with My Soul

• Old Rugged Cross/Beneath the Cross of Jesus

• Jesus Loves Me/My Jesus, I Love Thee

• What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Jesus, What a Friend to Sinners

• Nothing but the Blood of Jesus