His life in music began in Enid, Oklahoma, playing flute and guitar. At his death, Dr. Argy was director of medical student education and clerkship director for the Department of Medicine at Georgetown. North Main St., Fort Bragg 95437. Survivors include a son, J. Terence Moore of Fairfax; two sisters; and a brother. He also wrote academic books and mystery novels. Otis R. McCollum, 67, an Alexandria stockbroker who previously had been vice president in the trust department of the National Bank of Washington, died of lung cancer Dec. 2 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Michael Hedges, 43, a Guitarist Flamboyant and Experimental, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/06/arts/michael-hedges-43-a-guitarist-flamboyant-and-experimental.html. He also collaborated with such musicians as bassist Michael Manring, guitarist Dweezil Zappa and the band Crosby, Stills & Nash. while driving home from San Francisco International Airport after a Thanksgiving visit to His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120-foot (37m) cliff. 2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. In the mid-1980s, he was assigned to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as director of international security policy. It was so transcendently strong that it cut through even my drug haze. Paul E. Ertzinger, 86, a retired FBI special agent who served as a liaison to the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court and the White House, died Dec. 2 at Rockville Nursing Home after a heart attack. He graduated from Syracuse University and received a master's degree in international affairs from Boston University. Mr. Tyree was a native of Lexington, Va., and a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. But unlike most of the label's roster, he was a flamboyant virtuoso whose music pushed against boundaries. Michael Hedges, 43, an eclectic acoustic guitarist who was known for his unusual two-handed picking style and who co-founded the Windham Hill music label, died He caressed the guitar effortlessly and spun enchanted melodies from it. He also was assigned to the alert center at the Defense Intelligence Agency. late as Sunday or Monday, Broin said. 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WebMichael Hedges is a sound engineer from Wellington, New Zealand. These shows included solo performances by Kottke and Hedges and, as a finale, a number of duets including performances of Kottke's "Doodles" with Hedges playing a high-strung parlor guitar. When he was 3, he immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Scarsdale, N.Y. until the Sheriff's Office came to visit.''. WebMichael Hedges is known for District 9 (2009), King Kong (2005) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). However, he had always been so protective of his autonomy in the recording process, producing, engineering, and in most cases performing everything himself, that the idea of introducing any other sensibilities in his absence seemed, to Burgess, counter to the very nature of the project. Even his solos were full of intricate counterpoint, created with techniques from classical guitar, rock and jazz: unconventional guitar tunings, fusillades of harmonics, two-handed tapping of the fretboard, percussive string-snapping. Survivors include a son from his first marriage, John W. Parry, of Silver Spring; a son from his second marriage, Brian Parry of Chevy Chase; and two stepchildren, Stephen Brawer of Stockholm and Roberta Brawer of Cambridge, Mass. His work as a singer/songwriter was, to him, as important a part of his life-blood as his guitar work, and he wanted that to be reflected as much in his recordings as it had always been on stage. ELIZABETH J. WALTER Gardener. In the early 1980s, he helped establish the Windham Hill label with his albums Breakfast in the Field (1983) and Aerial Boundaries (1984). tongue-in-cheek as "acoustic thrash'', "edgy pastoral", "new edge'', Olive May Holtje, 80, a life master bridge player and a sports enthusiast, died Nov. 30 at Carriage Hill nursing facility on Cedar Lane in Bethesda. Early in his recording career, noting the enthusiastic response of concert audiences to his original vocal numbers, Windham Hill gave Hedges the opportunity to record Watching My Life Go By (1985), an all vocal album produced by Elliot Mazer for its Open Air label, which also hosted Jane Siberrys U.S. debut. Because of my initial misgivings about turning anything over to the industry so soon after Michaels death, compounded by the fact that, personally, I wasnt immediately ready to spend a lot of time in Michaels studio listening to him sing, the album ended up revealing itself gradually over a period of months., Using Michaels notes, his own recollections, and the sometimes cryptic markings on tapes, Burgess was able to ascertain Michaels intended sequence. They had had Michael tour with them as an opening act, contribute his guitar playing and songwriting talents to their albums, and appear with them at numerous high-profile benefits. He graduated from Yale University and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a PhD in history from the University of Southern California. "The calls are coming in from friends and colleagues She studied conducting at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where she received the Artist Diploma in Conducting. She left the National Symphony in 1981 to pursue a dual career as a soloist and conductor, and in the years since she had played and conducted with major orchestras and at music festivals in the United States, Europe and South America. A resident of Chevy Chase, Dr. Argy was born in Washington and attended St. Anselm's School. The family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Children of Michael Hedges Fund, Bank of America, 228 N. Main St., Fort Bragg, Calif. 95437. Burgess said. Survivors include three children, James E. Solowiej of Moore Park, Calif., Eric Jon Solowiej of Richardson, Tex., and Sandra Solowiej of Arlington; four brothers; two sisters; and five grandchildren. and Valerie Reynolds of Hockessin, Del. Authorities said he had died a few days earlier, apparently after his BMW skidded off a rain-slicked curve. But Hedges, Burgess said, considered himself a composer Hedges was best known for his pioneering solo guitar technique. Survivors include four children, Glenn Holtje of Catlett, Va., Lynn Forconi of Silver Spring, Nelson Holtje of Edgewater, Md. WILLIAM P. ARGY Physician. This 1990s electronic music album-related article is a stub. He worked in FBI field offices in San Antonio, Philadelphia and New York and became involved in the investigation of fascist groups in the United States. [5][6] After his death, his album Oracle won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Michael often credited David for his early awakening to the idea of altered guitar tunings, and CSNs influence on him was undeniable.. He founded Technical Learning Collective Inc., a trade school for disadvantaged youths that provided tuition-free training in foreign auto repair. He might play a Beatles song or a hard-rock riff by AC/ DC; he might dance or drum elaborate rhythms on the front of his guitar. fatal weekend car crash on Highway 128 near Boonville. She was a New Jersey schoolteacher before moving to the Washington area and settling in Kensington in 1954. "He really touched a lot of people,'' a still-numb With its yearning melodies and expressive yet mature emotional language, Taproot reinforces Hedges' reputation as a gifted, self-realized composer, musician, and human being. In the early 1980s, he helped establish the Windham Hill label with his albums "Breakfast in the Field" (1983) and "Aerial Boundaries" (1984). Michael Munro, 31, from Orange, Connecticut, was named as the victim of the crash that took place on the Gracehill Road in Armoy, Co Antrim. Survivors include two children, Courtney McCollum Doherty of Washington and Bradley C. McCollum of Gorham, Maine; a sister, Marguerite McCollum Howe of Winston-Salem, N.C.; and a brother, Henry E. McCollum Jr. of Martinsville, Va. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. It was a moment Ill never forget. I feel I can always hear his heart when he plays. Subscribe to the Michael Hedges Newsletter. He was as good at friendship as he was at music and I miss him everyday., Steve Vai Michael was unique. When Michael built his studio in Mendocino I would take many trips up the coast to hang out with the Hedges family and record some original songs together. I played the demo sequence for Larry Hamby, head of A&R at Windham Hill, says Burgess, and we discussed the options, from hiring a producer to finish the album, to hiring a great engineer to mix it, to releasing it untouched. Deputy Mendocino County Coroner Kevin Broin said. Handy, the Father of the Blues, for Fingerstyle Guitar, Learn a Simple Guitar Arrangement of the Scottish Folk Anthem Fortune Turns the Wheel, While My Guitar Gently Smirks: Ben Fong-Torres Reflects on Learning Guitar as an Older Adult, How to Add Bass Lines to the Boom-Chuck Guitar Strum. But it wasnt until I met him that my suspicions of his warm personality were verified. Hedges' first album, His was a rare gift, and we can feel only gratitude for the jewels he left us. She was a native of Sayre, Okla., and was an office worker in her home state before moving to the Washington area in 1951. The rest is told in his gripping visuals, The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist. For the last 3 1/2 years, she had lived both in Clarks Summit, Pa. and Alexandria, where she took art classes at the Torpedo Factory. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He attended Washington and Lee University law school. His early albums for Windham Hill included "Breakfast in the Field" (1983) and "Aerial Boundaries" (1984). expected Hedges' return late Friday but weren't worried when he didn't appear because he For the sound engineer from New Zealand, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Guitarist Michael Hedges Dies In Car Accident", Michael Hedges: Harp Guitar Player of the Month, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Hedges&oldid=1129292854, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from December 2017, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, A 1978 Ken DuBourg custom made steel string guitar (stolen and returned many years later), 1920s Dyer harp guitar configured with a FRAP/autoharp pickup combo / reconfigured with Sunrise S-1 and two Barcus Berry magnetic pickups for the sub-basses (glued straight to the body), Steve Klein electric harp guitar with a Steinberger TransTrem bridge, circa 1913 black Knutsen harp guitar (often incorrectly referred to as a Dyer) with a FRAP/autoharp pickup comboand rattlesnake tail wedged under the sub-basses at the headstock, Custom Ervin Somogyi acoustic (as credited on, This page was last edited on 24 December 2022, at 15:10. Hugh Jones Parry, 81, a sociologist and author who taught at George Washington University for 16 years until his retirement in 1982, died of pneumonia Dec. 3 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. His recording "Aerial Boundaries" was nominated for a best instrumentalist Grammy, and the title track was used in some television commercials. In recent years, she had been a guest conductor at music festivals in England, with the Audoli Chamber Orchestra of Paris and with Italy's Padua Chamber Orchestra. In 1976, he enrolled at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where he studied composition, guitar and electronic music; he was also listening to guitarists like Pat Metheny and Ralph Towner. [1] Hedges was contacted in February 1981 by William Ackerman who heard him perform at the Varsity Theater in Palo Alto. musician David Crosby, one of many to collaborate with Hedges, told the Associated Press. Hedges was thrown from his car and appeared to have died nearly instantly. He saw himself as a composer who played guitar, rather than a guitarist who composed music. But at the time, no one yet knew how viable the Torched demos might be. Hedges himself sometimes described his music Known for innovations such as simultaneously picking both ends of the guitar, the Grammy nominee described his own music as heavy mental, acoustic thrash and new edge.. An album that would integrate the two had been a dream of his for a long time.. Ear Music recording studio in Mendocino and was scheduled to tour 14 East Coast cities Selected filmography [ edit] He served with the Navy in the Aleutian Islands during World War II, then became an intelligence officer with the occupation forces in Germany after the war. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Gloria Guth of Falls Church, and their two children, Philip Guth of Herndon and Leslie Stoner of Lovettsville; a brother; and three grandchildren. [2], Hedges made a living by playing and singing in bars and restaurants in Baltimore while a student at Peabody. Hedges' first two albums for Windham Hill were Breakfast in the Field and Aerial Boundaries. AdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(168183, 208209, [300,250], 'placement_208209_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc208209++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }}); if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement("script"); s.async = true; s.type = "text/javascript";s.src = 'https://servedbyadbutler.com/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());} var AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || []; The first time I heard him play, I was stunned into silence. In 1983, Michael Hedgess friend Randy Lutge filmed him playing several of his songs slowly, so that others might more easily learn them. I would anxiously await every one of his releases and cherish them for the brilliance that they are. He was 43. He apparently had died several days earlier Mr. Hedges lived in Mendocino and worked in a recording studio he had designed, recording material that appeared on his albums as well as many other projects that didn't fit commercial formats. He was an engineer in Connecticut, manager of a musical-strings factory in New Jersey and an aircraft pilot before moving to Washington. His career at Georgetown included positions as director of the nephrology clinic, chairman of the medical center caucus and acting director of the nephrology division. This CD is an essential look at the real Michael Hedges. Hedges is survived by his mother, Ruth Ipsen, of Fresno; sister Carol Hedges of San Francisco; two brothers, Craig of Los Angeles and Brendan of Madera; and two sons from a former marriage. 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