Breakfast in the Field

by Michael Hedges

Breakfast in the Field cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 October 1981
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:50
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An essential release in the development of modern acoustic guitar, Michael Hedges' debut displays his revolutionary approach to alternative tunings and percussive fingerpicking. The album's crystalline, resonant production firmly established the Windham Hill sound, blending folk tradition with innovative, deeply atmospheric compositional techniques[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, instrumental, technical, acoustic, atmospheric, unaccompanied-solo, guitars, folk, virtuosic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Layover (2:32)
  2. The Happy Couple (3:23)
  3. Eleven Small Roaches (3:00)
  4. The Funky Avocado (2:06)
  5. Baby Toes (2:12)
  6. Breakfast In The Field (2:24)
  7. Two Days Old (4:44)
  8. Peg Leg Speed King (3:20)
  9. The Unexpected Visitor (2:48)
  10. Silent Anticipations (3:20)
  11. Lenono (3:56)

Credits

  • Michael Hedges - primary artist, guitar
  • Michael Manring - fretless bass
  • George Winston - piano

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