"The last track, the Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love,” gets an arrangement that hints at Sprague’s abiding interest in many guitar styles that inform his playing: a strong strain of bop, a sexy taste of bossa nova, a bit of the blues. And, to say again, Sprague does not lose the sense of the human voice in his impressive demonstrations of technique, lyric and mindful or accelerated and quick witted. Peter Sprague is a modern master, in my view. Lucy in the Sky is an excellent addition to his already impressive body of recorded work."
San Diego Troubadour CD Review
September, 2017 by Ted Burke
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Solo guitar explorations! It’s one of my favorite platforms to express music. The guitar is an orchestra and when you start to improvise the whole solar system of sound is right at your fingertips. I like taking songs that we all know and then expose them to my musical viewpoint, hopefully arriving at a new place that still has strong ties to the original. Here’s a collection that I’ve been working with for the last year and it includes songs of different styles. I even kicked on the distortion pedal a few times while playing the nylon guitar—illegal but super rewarding!
Thanks for listening…
Peter Sprague
April, 2017
My Favorite Things
Rogers and Hammerstein
Triste
Antonio Carlos Jobim
In My Life
Lennon–McCartney
Etude Z
Peter Sprague
© Satyam Music / BMI
Oh Shenandoah
Traditional
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Lennon–McCartney
Saudade de Voce
Peter Sprague
© Satyam Music / BMI
Can’t Buy Me Love
Lennon–McCartney
On all tracks:
Peter Sprague — guitar, guitar synth, looper, and arrangements
Produced by Peter Sprague
Recorded at SpragueLand Studios, Encinitas, CA / 2017
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Peter Sprague at SpragueLand Studios
Art direction and design by RixGraphix
Cover art by Annika Nelson
Photo by Daniel Audick
Special thanks to Yuris Zeltins, Andy Powers, and Iron Horse Amps