At South By Southwest, A 71-Year-Old Guitarist Makes A Belated Debut
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Harry Taussig messed around with the idea of playing
both melody and bass at the same time and
fused classical compositions with roots music from the South.
He started developing his own, mostly self-taught style of guitar,
incorporating everyone from John Cage to
North Carolina gospel and blues musician Gary Davis.
"I didn't want to reproduce folk music, 'cause hey, I'm a city boy, you know?
I'm not from North Carolina," Taussig says.
"I should not be playing that stuff. But again, I felt like I could extend it.
I could push it further than it had been."
