This doco is a must for classical guitar lovers!

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Capturing a Master of the Guitar in the Act of Playing and Musing

For anyone passionate about the guitar and lute repertories, Julian Bream’s annual tours used to be highlights of the concert season. His guitar programs invariably included something new, written for him by composers like Britten, Walton, Takemitsu and Hans Werner Henze. And his lute programs helped win an audience for John Dowland and his Elizabethan contemporaries long before Sting set his sights on him. It was a recording by Mr. Bream and the tenor Peter Pears that introduced Sting to this music, and Sting’s successful CD “Songs From the Labyrinth” inspired Sony BMG Masterworks to restore some Bream recordings to the catalog.

They should never have fallen out of print in the first place, and it is shocking that many of Mr. Bream’s classic recordings remain unavailable. Mr. Bream, who turns 74 this month, has gone out of circulation as well. He retired in 2002 after, as he put it, “55 years on the planks.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/arts/music/10brea.html?ex=1341720000&en=b6f4bf278bce732d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

If you think you love the guitar but aren’t into classical or acoustic music, you should give a listen to ANY CD or Youtube clip you can find featuring Julian Bream!
Oh, alright then, if you can’t be bothered looking for one yourself, watch this: