SARA WATKINS Oboist and Conductor. James Herbert Henry, 75, who retired in 1986 as a defense analyst and physicist with the Institute for Defense Analysis, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 30 at his home in Hollywood, Md. var abkw = window.abkw || ''; He was an expert witness in auto and motorcycle liability lawsuits and he was a consultant with the State Department, VISTA, the Peace Corps and the Navy. Michael Hedges, a guitarist whose distinctive style meshed folk music, jazz and an exploration of the guitar's sonic capacity, was found dead on Tuesday of injuries suffered in an car accident near Boonville, Calif., in Mendocino County. For more than twenty years many of us have waited for a book that captures Michaels compositional genius, innovative guitar techniques and tunings, his unique approach to performance and recording, along with the triumphs, adventures and "It becomes an impediment to some extent.''. He saw himself as a composer who played guitar, rather than a guitarist who composed music. little bit restricted by the categorization that happens in the commercial end of music,'' Hedges had flown back to San Francisco from New York on His 36-year marriage to Hilda Hutchins McCollum ended in divorce in 1996. WebTorched is the final recording guitarist Michael Hedges was working on at the time of his death, caused by a fatal car accident on December 2, 1997. JAMES HERBERT HENRY Defense Analyst. Subscribe to the Michael Hedges Newsletter. He respected my playing too, and that simply thrills me. In recent years, Hedges lived in Mendocino, recording in his Naked Ear Music studio. 0 of 28 minutes, 57 secondsVolume 90%. His novels, which he wrote under the pen name James Cross, were based on his experiences as an intelligence officer. "Needless to say, Michael Hedges: Icon of Echoes In Concert 1994. [1] He enrolled at Phillips University in Enid to study classical guitar and composition under E. J. Ulrich, who Hedges credited as his biggest influence from his academic training. 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. Marie of Virginia Beach; two stepchildren, Shaun Dougherty of Port St. Lucie, Fla. and Steven Dougherty of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother and two grandchildren. During his career with the Intelligence Community Staff, he was assigned to various government agencies, including the Department of Energy, where he served as deputy director of intelligence and director of emergency operations. Her husband, Ralph H. Holtje, died in 1979. Mrs. Walter, who had lived in Gaithersburg since moving to the Washington area 25 years ago, was born in Pittsburgh. Deputy Mendocino County Coroner Kevin Broin said. He studied classical guitar at Phillips University in his native Enid, Okla., then received a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. var abkw = window.abkw || ''; "He was a great friend and one of the most brilliant musicians in America,'' His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120-foot (37 m) cliff. his girlfriend in Long Island, N.Y., said his manager and longtime friend, Hilleary 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 || []; fatal weekend car crash on Highway 128 near Boonville. Marie lived in the Washington area off and on from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s, when he moved from Arlington County to Rockledge. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Col. Ste. 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Some of the techniques he used include slap harmonics (created by slapping the strings over a harmonic node), use of right hand hammer-ons (particularly on bass notes), use of the left hand for melodic or rhythmic hammer-ons and pull offs, percussive, syncopated slapping on the guitar body, as well as unusual strumming. His tone was rich and flawless. In the mid-1980s, he was assigned to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as director of international security policy. 1984 Preview 1 Aerial Boundaries 4:40 2 Bensusan 2:31 3 Rickover's Dream 4:50 4 Ragamuffin 3:13 5 After the Gold Rush 4:09 6 Hot Type 1:31 7 Spare Change 5:46 8 Mnage Trois 7:07 9 The Magic Farmer 3:55 var plc208209 = window.plc208209 || 0; A native of Enid, Okla., Mr. Hedges' early interest in the guitar and flute led him to study classical guitar at Phillips University in Enid. recently ""Oracle'' in 1996. Hedges play during a gig in Palo Alto and later recalled, ""Michael tore my head She received a master's degree in fine arts at the University of Northern Iowa. Hedges' Aerial Boundaries album, released in 1984, included a tribute piece to the works of acoustic guitarist Pierre Bensusan, simply entitled "Bensusan". Susan Gal-Edd, 44, a kindergarten and preschool teacher at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, died of cancer Dec. 1 at her home in Rockville. But unlike most of the label's roster, he was a flamboyant virtuoso whose music pushed against boundaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Torched_(album)&oldid=1105486951, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "Coda: Free Swinging Soul (Live At Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado - October 16, 1994)" 5:29, Michael Hedges acoustic guitars, bass, harp-guitar, synthesizers, alto flute, melodeon, percussion, and vocals, This page was last edited on 20 August 2022, at 13:43. Hedges leaves two sons, Mischa, 11, and Jasper, 13, of Mendicino. Authorities said he had died a few days earlier, apparently after his BMW skidded off a rain-slicked curve. Kathryn Lectka Solowiej, 73, who had been a docent at the Stabler-Leadbetter Apothecary Museum in Alexandria, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 28 at the home of a daughter in Arlington County. WebThis is the finest album from Michael Hedges, the man who is responsible for the greatest revolution in solo acoustic guitar playing since Leo Kottke. It was so transcendently strong that it cut through even my drug haze. His body was He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He made extensive use of string damping as employed in classical guitar, and was known to insist strongly on the precise duration of sounds and silences in his pieces. There, he incorporated vocals into albums such as Taproot (1990) and The Road to Return (1994), but had returned to instrumentals in his most recent album, Oracle., When Hedges appeared at the Veterans Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles in late October as part of the Guitar Summit tour, Times reviewer Steve Hochman wrote: Hedges was the star, with an unclassifiable amalgam of styles and eye-popping, ear-bending technique that even seeing isnt believing. He was a guest musician on albums by David Crosby and Pat Martino, among others. At his death, Dr. Argy was director of medical student education and clerkship director for the Department of Medicine at Georgetown. His body was found a few days afterward. His family immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s, settling first in Pennsylvania and then in New York. At the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, Accident won the Grand [3] He was the father of two children, Mischa Aaron Hedges and Jasper Alden Hedges.[4]. Marie-Barry of Springfield, Lisa Ste. A son from his second marriage, Josiah Shaler Williams, died in January. Before joining the institute in 1962, Mr. Henry had been air defense division chief for the operations research office at Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Tyree was a native of Lexington, Va., and a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. In the early 1980s, he helped establish the Windham Hill label with his albums Breakfast in the Field (1983) and Aerial Boundaries (1984). Michael Hedges, a guitarist whose distinctive style meshed folk music, jazz and an exploration of the guitar's sonic capacity, was found dead on Tuesday of injuries His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a 120-foot (37m) cliff. Contact Local Troop Headquarters Information on this site is preliminary information relating to motor vehicle injury and fatal crashes investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was 43, said his manager, Hillary Burgess. His own tongue-in-cheek description was "edgy pastoral," "heavy mental," "acoustic thrash" and "new edge.". Hedges' unfinished last recordings were completed for the album Torched with the help of his former manager Burgess and friends David Crosby and Graham Nash. She was a native of Sayre, Okla., and was an office worker in her home state before moving to the Washington area in 1951. first -- one who just happened to play guitar, as well as flute, cello, clarinet and After he retired from the military in 1981, he worked for defense contractors in the Washington area. His marriage to Virginia Ste. According to his manager Hilleary Burgess, Hedges was driving home from San Francisco International Airport after a visit to a girlfriend in Long Island, New York. Possessing an insatiable curiosity about the universe, he drew inspiration from everywhere: from the Chinese Five Element Theory to the second law of thermodynamics. In 1980, he made plans to move to California to study music at Stanford University. Marie ended in divorce. 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 || []; With its yearning melodies and expressive yet mature emotional language, Taproot reinforces Hedges' reputation as a gifted, self-realized composer, musician, and human being. After high school, she was a secretary and an administrative assistant at the atomic energy division of Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. She was a New Jersey schoolteacher before moving to the Washington area and settling in Kensington in 1954. He was as good at friendship as he was at music and I miss him everyday., Steve Vai Michael was unique. These Echoes recordings of Gospel, Sofa No 1, and Rickovers Dream later appeared on the compilation CD Beyond Boundaries, but sadly, those tracks are not included on any current streaming versions of the album,. Survivors include his wife, Whitney Watriss, and their daughter, Samantha Williams, both of Washington; a daughter from his first marriage, Tonia Saxon of Ithaca, N.Y.; a daughter from his second marriage, Jennifer Porter of Reisterstown, Md. eclectic musician with a national following, was identified Wednesday as the victim of a He caressed the guitar effortlessly and spun enchanted melodies from it. by Don Record | Feb 23, 2022 | Career & Life, Taproot. Survivors include two children, Regis J. Walter Jr. and Barbara M. Rebstock, and a granddaughter, all of Gaithersburg. with other Windham Hill artists in the spring. 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. Among them, Torched will surely be among the most highly prized. Please pause and pledge before reading this article. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Virginia McCorkle Tyree of Falls Church; four children, Mildred Tyree Ramsauer of Schwelm, Germany, the Rev. The son of Thayne Alden Hedges and Ruth Evelyn Hedges Ipsen, Michael Hedges was born in Sacramento, California. PAUL E. ERTZINGER FBI Special Agent. But Hedges, Burgess said, considered himself a composer Sometimes a song would originate with a musical idea; other times it would be a concept or a phrase. She studied conducting at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where she received the Artist Diploma in Conducting. In 1981, he was signed to Windham Hill Records, where he became one of the label's best-selling musicians and one of its most popular touring performers. WILLIAM P. ARGY Physician. Mr. Hedges made seven albums for Windham Hill Records, a label known for placid New Age music. HUGH JONES PARRY Sociology Professor. William Bradley Tyree Sr., 85, a retired general contractor, died of an intestinal blood clot Dec. 3 at his home in Falls Church. Since earlier this year, Ms. Watkins had been music director of the Annapolis Symphony Chamber Orchestra and resident conductor of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. [1] Hedges was contacted in February 1981 by William Ackerman who heard him perform at the Varsity Theater in Palo Alto. while driving home from San Francisco International Airport after a Thanksgiving visit to With his tragic death on a northern California highway in early December 1997, a great artistic voice was silenced. He had a second home in St. Simons Island, Ga. (Crashes investigated by agencies outside the Missouri State Highway Patrol are not included.) Torched consists of recordings that guitarist Michael Hedges was working on at the time of his fatal automobile accident in December 1997. In a video tape obtained by the New York Post, the two teens are seen hoisting a shopping cart at the East Harlem Target shopping center in New York City. A native of Enid, Okla., Hedges played piano, cello, clarinet and flute in his teens. Michael Hedges LIVE 5-6-1995 Ryan Davis 206 subscribers 64K views 4 years ago Shortly after the Oklahoma City Bombing, Michael Hedges appeared at a local ", In recent years, Mr. Hedges lived in Mendocino, recording in his Naked Ear Music studio. He won a guitar scholarship to the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp and went on to study music at Phillips University in Enid. He also collaborated with such musicians as bassist Michael Manring, guitarist Dweezil Zappa and Crosby, Stills & Nash. cummings) is the only track featuring Hedges' smooth vocals, and perhaps the most poignant song included. Dr. Argy had done reviews for medical journals and consulting with the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Aviation Administration. He did his medical internship at Grady Hospital in Atlanta and served in the Army Medical Corps in Korea. Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. Hedges died in a one Hedges' first album, Created by his family and friends, this website is a place to remember, celebrate and learn about the life and music of Michael Hedges. He also practiced medicine in the hospital's nephrology division. Ultimately, after much careful consideration, the consensus was that, under the circumstances, the interests of both the music and Michaels vision for it would best be served by the latter approach.. Emily S. Moore, 81, a founding member of the Bren Mar Park Civic and Recreation associations and its Neighborhood Watch program in Fairfax County, died of stomach cancer Dec. 3 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. [Rory] Block introduced him as the guitar Buddha, and his music is indeed meditative but very playful and rarely peaceful.. guitar, earned a degree in composition at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and Nathaniel Coleman Williams, 64, who owned and operated a Washington foreign auto repair business, Ad Hoc Services, died of a heart attack Dec. 2 at George Washington University Medical Center. He began earning recognition in the mid-1980s for groundbreaking He came to the Washington area in 1958 to become a survey researcher with the U.S. Information Agency. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mr. Hedges, who also sang and played flute, cello, clarinet and keyboard, considered himself a composer first, Burgess said. The family requests that donations be made to: The accident is currently under investigation. Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote the album "In this raw format, the rock influences of Hedges' youth appear most notably in vocal phrasings that are more expressive, almost aggressive at times."[1]. and "deep-tissue gladiator guitar,'' according to Windham Hill's Web site. (2:45) ((ST. If what they say about reincarnation is true, next time, I hope were in a band together., Click to view the original document from Torched, by Mischa Hedges | Mar 8, 2022 | Breakfast in the Field, Career & Life, Michael's Lyrics & Sound. 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. This CD is an essential look at the real Michael Hedges. "Breakfast in the Field,'' recorded in 1983, "was looked upon as being ROBERT M. GUTH Senior Intelligence Officer. She collapsed during a rehearsal of a chamber music group at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda. Her avocations included horse-race handicapping, University of Maryland sports and doing crossword puzzles. I was being very reflective, and thinking about death, and rebirth; because thats what happens when you hit 40; you start thinking about rebirth and death; you start looking at your life, and saying, Yeah, you know, maybe it is half over; maybe I am in my mid-life. Aint it grand! ; and a sister. Mr. Hedges was driving to his Mendocino, Calif., home from San Francisco, where he had flown in Nov. 28 after spending Thanksgiving with his girlfriend on Long Island, N.Y., his manager, Hilleary Burgess, told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. His music transcends genre and trend. 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' }}); This article is free to read, but it isn't free to create! She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory. All rights reserved. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Mendocino and father of two young boys, Hedges was best known for his work on the Windham Burgess said family and friends in Mendocino 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. Its truly musical, fun, and enlightening. Sara Watkins, 52, an oboist and conductor who was principal oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 1981, died of a coronary embolism Dec. 2 at Suburban Hospital. Later, he was chief medical resident at Georgetown and a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health. "Torched'' at the time of his death. Mr. Hedges died in Normand Arthur Ste. 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. Michael Hedges said heaven is all around, translated to sound. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. He also studied electronic music at Stanford University, where he met Windham Hill co-founder and guitarist Will Ackerman. The accident cut short the brilliant career of one of the steel-string guitars most unique voices. late as Sunday or Monday, Broin said. Hedges died in a car accident while driving back from the San Francisco airport to his Mendocino County home in December 1997. In his retirement, he served as executive director of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and assistant vice president of B.F. Saul Real Estate Co. There are moments on Aerial Boundaries where it seems literally impossible that so Hedges resisted any attempts to classify his music as In his second album, " Aerial Boundaries'', released Im in it to get high, he said. Hedges studied as a composition major at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland[1] where he applied his classical background to steel-string acoustic guitar, also studying electronic music. He eventually earned a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. 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. they're devastated,'' he said. He was a great friend and one of the most brilliant musicians in America, David Crosby said Wednesday from his Southern California home. 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. Article Copyright 1997, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat. all over the country and people are just stunned,'' he said. Acoustic guitarist Michael Hedges, one of the performers who helped establish the Windham Hill music label, has died in a car crash. This 1990s electronic music album-related article is a stub. Michael was also a highly popular concert performer, consistently topping critics and readers polls in international music publications. He apparently had died several days earlier Mr. Tyree was treasurer of the Northern Virginia Builders Association, an elder of Falls Church Presbyterian Church, a Mason and a member of the construction board of the National Capital Presbytery and the Washington Golf and Country Club. Hedges spent weeks fighting for her life. Written by Dan Pine (and Hilleary Burgess) for Windham Hills release of Torched in 1999. 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. The working title for the book is Dream Out Loud: Michael Hedges, A Guitar Heros Journey. var plc208206 = window.plc208206 || 0; WebIn December 1997, Hedges was tragically killed in an automobile accident on his way home from the San Francisco airport after an East Coast tour. His latest and, unfortunately, last studio album reflects just how talented he really was. Not only did I know what must have gone into practicing and performing his pieces, but I could also tell so much about his personality by the way he played. It was released posthumously in 1999 on the Windham Hill label. He attended Naenae College. He also was assigned to the alert center at the Defense Intelligence Agency. 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 in an automobile crash near Boonville, Calif., about 100 miles northwest of San Francisco. His flame went out when it was just starting to achieve full burn, and it is a great loss to the world. Friday evening and called Burgess from the plane, but the accident could have occurred as AdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(168183, 208206, [300,600], 'placement_208206_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc208206++, 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 || []; When the bank closed in the 1980s, he became a stockbroker with the Lang Division of Moors & Cabot in Alexandria. After Michael, it goes from near the rest of us, where he found it, to out on the other side of the world, where he set it down for just a little while. 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