Just one song, but Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "From The Beginning" is my go-to acoustic guitar song. "The Sage" from their Pictures At An Exhibition Album is excellent, as well.
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Bruce Cockburn / Crowing Ignights or Speachless
Some of Kelly Joe Phelps is on vinyl but not the acoustic albums Western Bell and Roll Away the Stone . Still worth checking out on CD o r Stream
Joe Pass / virtuoso
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This is where a Qobuz subscription can come in handy. Search and audition before you buy the album. One point from me imo streaming can sound very good but for some reason or another drums always sound better on albums. There is a full ness that digital just can’t replicate.
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Gabriel Lee has several albums on Narada. Easily found on eBay.
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Stephen Stills, Live album
One side is all acoustic guitar and the other is electric. Both sides are packed with great music.
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Doug MacLeod / Reference Recordings
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As mentioned earlier, Michael Hedges. Any and all releases are fantastic. Also Tommy Emmanuel.
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Joe Pass is one of my favorites - been listening to him (he's deceased) for over 30 years. Check out some of his stuff on YouTube.
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John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia, AL Dimeola- Friday night in San Francisco
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Slaw -- Saw John Fahey perform at McCabes in Santa Monica. I might have mentioned this already but he might be my single biggest influence in any of the instruments I play. His performance that evening, though, was simply terrible. Clumsy, disconnected. He seemed singularly unhappy to have to be performing live.
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To get more specific on Richard Thompson, the album Strict Tempo!, which is acoustic guitar with Dave Mattacks on drums, is very well recorded and seems pretty reasonably priced on Discogs.
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For something a little more modern and less stodgy, try Jesse Cook or Govi or Ottmar Liebert.
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Joseph Spence
David Lindley
Martin Simpson
Robert Johnson
The Tony Rice Unit - Mar West
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John Williams if recorded well.
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Julian Bream - Anything Rodrigo.
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Guy Van Duser - Stride Guitar played this one last night.
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John McLaughlin with Shakti - A Handful of Beauty-.
Composition "India" is best.
Buy original Japanese, don't buy original US though White Label Promo sounds better than regular.
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Antonio Fortioni - Live, if you can find it on the Naim label
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Richard Thompson
Leo Kottke
John Fahey
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Another classic is "Eric Clapton, Unplugged".
Enjoy!
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You've gotta listen to "Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live".
The best live guitar recording I've heard, from E Street Band's former lead guitarist.
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@pilrem -- Yeah, Sir John a Lot, by John Renbourn is certainly a candidate. Saw him live a couple times, too. One of my major acoustic guitar influences. Have his songbook.
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Norman Blake, "Whiskey Before Breakfast", on Rounder Records
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For pure audiophile delight try Sir John a Lot. by John Renbourn
Excellent production and performance.
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Guy Van Duser - Stride Guitar
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As mentioned-Michael Hedges, and Alex De Grassi who also adds the "New Age" vibe to the music. Muriel Anderson,Earl Klugh
Going a little deeper check out Charlie Byrd, Paco De Lucia.
You may already be familiar with Tommy Emmanuel? Gabriel y Rodrigo? Both current popular performers.
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Michael Newman on Sheffield if you can find it. Some say the best acoustic guitar sound ever recorded. Elliot Fisk plays Scarlotti on Mark Levinson Recordings. Not really acoustic, but Michael Hedges, Ariel Boundaries on Wyndam Hill, Gittarr Kvartetten on Opus 3 and Berkley Guitar on Tomkins Square records. All great recordings AND great music. All too rare, unfortunately.
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