Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Why Dating Doesn't Work!
- Alien Orb and Dinosaur World vs. Robot World
- Evil Awakenings at Penjiaguni Island
- Tears of Pele
- Heart of Pele, Breath of Kanaloa
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-12-31
- Active to
- 1997-12-02
Discography
- Breakfast in the Field1981
- Aerial Boundaries1984
- Watching My Life Go By1985
- Strings of Steel1988
- Taproot1990
- The Road to Return1994
- Oracle1996
- Torched1999
- Before There Were Gods2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 160,218
- Total plays
- 1,972,217
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Michael Adam Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American composer and acoustic guitarist born in Sacramento, CA. He studied classical guitar at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential solo acoustic guitarists of all time. His music features his own unique performing style which features harmonics, fingerpicking, knocking and slapping. Michael Hedges was a conservatory <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mich
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sacramento
- Place of death
- Mendocino
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new age music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Windham Hill Records
- Official website
- www.nomadland.com
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- birth name
- Michael Alden Hedges
- name in native language
- Michael Hedges
- cause of death
- car collision
- date of birth
- 1953-12-31
- date of death
- 1997-12-02
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
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Article · Deutsch
Michael Hedges (* 31. Dezember 1953 in Enid (Oklahoma); † 2. Dezember 1997 in Mendocino County) war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker. Er wurde Anfang der 1980er-Jahre bekannt durch sein Spiel auf der Stahlsaiten-Gitarre. Mehrere Gitarristen betrachten Hedges als eine wichtige Inspiration für ihr eigenes Schaffen.
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