MICHAEL HEDGES

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Michael Alden Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American composer, acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.

Hedges' life in music began in his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma, where he flirted with various instruments before focusing on flute and guitar. He eventually enrolled at Phillips University in Enid to study classical guitar, but more importantly, to study under the tutelage of his compositional mentor, E. J. Ulrich. Subsequently Hedges was a composition major at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland who applied his classically trained musical background in combination with various unusual techniques to the steel-string acoustic guitar. He covered a wide range of musical styles and was considered an extremely dynamic performer in concert. Hedges made ends meet playing and singing in pubs and restaurants in the Baltimore Metro area during his tenure at Peabody. In 1976 to 1977 he played electric guitar and flute for a local jazzy folk
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MICHAEL HEDGES Breakfast In The Field album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Breakfast In The Field
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1981
MICHAEL HEDGES Aerial Boundaries album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Aerial Boundaries
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1984
MICHAEL HEDGES Watching My Life Go By album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Watching My Life Go By
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1985
MICHAEL HEDGES Taproot album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Taproot
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1990
MICHAEL HEDGES The Road To Return album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Road To Return
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1994
MICHAEL HEDGES Oracle album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Oracle
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1996
MICHAEL HEDGES Torched album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Torched
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1999

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MICHAEL HEDGES Live On The Double Planet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live On The Double Planet
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1987
MICHAEL HEDGES Miami '85 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Miami '85
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2017

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MICHAEL HEDGES Strings Of Steel album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strings Of Steel
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1988

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