Guitar is the title of a recording by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 guitarist Peter Lang

Peter Lang (guitarist)

Peter Lang is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, from the same genre, American Primitivism, as the better-known guitarists Leo Kottke and John Fahey. All three artists shared the Takoma Records label, and a joint-titled album released in 1974 features a selection of songs from...

, released in 2003. It was recorded entirely on 12-string guitar.

The title "Snaker Ray Has Come & Gone" refers to St. Paul, Minnesota musician Dave "Snaker" Ray of the folk-blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover

Koerner, Ray & Glover

Koerner, Ray & Glover is the name of a blues band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band featured Tony "Little Sun" Glover on harmonica, "Spider" John Koerner on guitar and vocals, and Dave "Snaker" Ray on guitar and vocals. Koerner, Ray & Glover were part of the early folk/blues explosion in the...

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Reception

Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek states in his review: "This is guitar music that matters because it is played not only with technical acumen and a sense of history, but with an aesthetic that celebrates and pushes the tradition in new directions."

Track listing

All songs by Peter Lang.

1. "Little Cairo" – 5:03
2. "After the Fall" – 5:19
3. "Come Along Joe" – 1:48
4. "John Hurt in the 21st Century" – 3:01
5. "I Should Have Known" – 1:48
6. "Brick House Blues" – 2:55
7. "Snaker Ray Has Come & Gone" – 4:08
8. "Emily's Waltz" – 2:45
9. "Daylight Is Darkness" – 2:41
10. "Witness to the Messenger" – 8:37
11. "All Through My Life" – 12:34