Michael Hedges, an acoustic guitarist and composer known for his unusual two-handed picking style, has died in an automobile crash. He also practiced medicine in the hospital's nephrology division. He started guitar lessons as a sixth-grader, and joined his first rock band two years later. A native of Enid, Okla., Hedges played piano, cello, clarinet and flute in his teens. ", He was scheduled to go on tour this winter. He apparently had died several days earlier 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. North Main St., Fort Bragg 95437. HUGH JONES PARRY Sociology Professor. 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. December 2 [12:15 EDT] -- Respected by guitarists the world over, guitarist Michael Hedges was killed in an automobile accident near the town of Boonville, California near Mendicino, on December 4. 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. His marriage to Helen Junkins ended in divorce. Driver Steven Michael Dolezal, 71, was killed when his Ford F-150 was struck around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday just 3 miles east of the Wilton/Muscatine exit on I-80. studied electronic music at Stanford University, according to another Web site devoted to Mrs. Solowiej was born in Michigan and graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. This CD is an essential look at the real Michael Hedges. Survivors include two sons. Once in a blue moon, an our artist comes along who totally redefines his or her musical territory. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Bensusan posthumously returned tribute on his 2001 release Intuite ("Favored Nations"), with a composition entitled "So Long Michael". There are no immediate survivors. Onstage, he was charismatic and unpredictable. 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. OLIVE MAY HOLTJE Bridge and Sports Enthusiast. 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. Later, she taught school in Detroit and in Abington Heights, Pa., where she retired in 1989. Hedges was best known for his pioneering solo guitar technique. Please pause and pledge before reading this article. "Needless to say, ELIZABETH J. WALTER Gardener. SUSAN GAL-EDD Teacher. His tone was rich and flawless. Nonetheless, his early recordings for the label, including the astounding Aerial Boundaries (1984), which has been called one of the most important acoustic guitar records ever made, did much to help establish Windham Hills dominance in the then-emerging new age genre. He also collaborated with such musicians as bassist Michael Manring, guitarist Dweezil Zappa and Crosby, Stills & Nash. His body was Marie of Virginia Beach; two stepchildren, Shaun Dougherty of Port St. Lucie, Fla. and Steven Dougherty of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother and two grandchildren. 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.. For eight years, she had been a teacher at the Jewish Community Center. "Breakfast in the Field,'' recorded in 1983, "was looked upon as being Deputy Mendocino County Coroner Kevin Broin said. Im in it to get high, he said. Its truly musical, fun, and enlightening. var abkw = window.abkw || ''; Eventually Hedges earned a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Burgess said Wednesday. 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. they're devastated,'' he said. var plc208206 = window.plc208206 || 0; 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 After serving in the Army during the Korean War, he graduated from the Naval War College and began a career with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He showed up at my house and invited me into his traveling home (his van) and gave me a private concert. Michael Hedges, an acoustic guitarist and composer known for his unusual two-handed picking style, was killed in an automobile crash at age 43. ", In recent years, Mr. Hedges lived in Mendocino, recording in his Naked Ear Music studio. Mr. Tyree was a native of Lexington, Va., and a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. In 1980, he made plans to move to California to study music at Stanford University. little bit restricted by the categorization that happens in the commercial end of music,'' Mr. Ertzinger, who was born in Huntington, Ind., graduated from Manchester College and received an accounting degree from Benjamin Franklin University. 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. But now, Michael Hedges last recordings have been 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. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Her husband, Regis J. Walter, died in 1986. 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. Hedges resisted any attempts to classify his music as Says Hedges long-time friend and manager Hilleary Burgess, With Torched, I think Michael hoped to cast off some of the artificial limits that had subtly been imposed on him by his success as a composer and instrumentalist. Hedges. keyboards. 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. Col. Ste. Hedges recorded seven albums, most Rather than rue what might have been, those who loved the music of Michael Hedges should remember and celebrate what was. "To some extent I think he felt a KATHRYN LECTKA SOLOWIEJ Docent. all over the country and people are just stunned,'' he said. During the 1980s, Mr. McCollum served on the board of directors for Hospice Care of the District of Columbia. He studied flute and classical guitar at Phillips University in Enid and the Interlochen Music Camp. 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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. We'll hear some of his music in this remembrance of his career. Acoustic guitarist Michael Hedges, one of the performers who helped establish the Windham Hill music label, has died in a car crash. The working title for the book is Dream Out Loud: Michael Hedges, A Guitar Heros Journey. After serving as radar officer with the Royal Canadian Navy during the 1940s, he came to the United States. 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. 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. He died 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. Mr. Hedges, who also sang and played flute, cello, clarinet and keyboard, considered himself a composer first, Burgess said. A work crew discovered the guitarist's body in his wrecked 1986 BMW on Tuesday morning. ROBERT M. GUTH Senior Intelligence Officer. A 12-year resident of "Torched'' at the time of his death. Hedges performed regularly at venues throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre and the Roxy, Orange Countys Coach House and San Diegos Humphreys. 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. Her husband, J. Herman Moore, died in 1992. Burgess said. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase and served on the church's vestry and as a lay reader. Mr. Henry was a native of Toronto and a graduate of the University of Toronto. Her avocations included horse-race handicapping, University of Maryland sports and doing crossword puzzles. Hedges apparently was driving in wet conditions when his car ran off the road, according to Lt. Kevin Broin of the Mendocino County Sheriff's coroner's office. Mrs. Moore was a volunteer with the Little League, Boy Scouts and neighborhood swim team. His family immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s, settling first in Pennsylvania and then in New York. I feel I can always hear his heart when he plays. He was 43. With his tragic death on a northern California highway in early December 1997, a great artistic voice was silenced. In the 1950s, he worked as a researcher with the U.S. High Commission in Germany and the U.S. Embassy in Paris. He was 43. liked to be flexible about his schedule. His music transcends genre and trend. groundbreaking,'' Burgess said. Worn tires and speed may have var abkw = window.abkw || ''; [5][6] After his death, his album Oracle won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Normand Arthur Ste. Michael Hedges, an acoustic guitarist and composer known for his unusual two-handed picking style, was killed in an automobile crash at age 43. He eventually earned a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. WebAccident is a 1967 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey.Written by Harold Pinter, it is an adaptation of the 1965 novel Accident by Nicholas Mosley.It is the third of four LoseyPinter collaborations; the others being The Servant (1963), Modesty Blaise (1966) and The Go-Between (1971). Authorities said he had died a few days earlier, apparently after his BMW skidded off a rain-slicked curve. Subscribe to the Michael Hedges Newsletter. She performed premieres of works by Benjamin Britten, Henry Dutilleux and Gunther Schuller. The family requests that donations be made to: The accident is currently under investigation. 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. He served in the Army during the Korean War. This 1990s electronic music album-related article is a stub. In his second album, " Aerial Boundaries'', released Politics | Guitarist Michael Hedges Dies in Car Accident - Rolling Stone (2:45) ((ST. Accuracy and availability may vary. "It becomes an impediment to some extent.''. Hedges had flown back to San Francisco from New York on After working for the Gruver Cooley construction firm, he founded Tyree Construction in 1949 and a second general contracting firm, W. Bradley Tyree Inc., in 1963. MARIE Intelligence Officer. Contributions may be made to the Children of Michael Hedges, care of Bank of America, 228 Known for innovations such as simultaneously picking both ends of the guitar strings, the Grammy nominee described his music as "heavy mental," "acoustic thrash" and "new edge.". After he retired from the military in 1981, he worked for defense contractors in the Washington area. He respected my playing too, and that simply thrills me. Copyright 1997 NPR. He attended Naenae College. 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. guitar, earned a degree in composition at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and The world is a much better place because of the music that Michael made. Graham Nash, Michael Hedges Music is old and new, delicate and powerful. 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. (Crashes investigated by agencies outside the Missouri State Highway Patrol are not included.) Elizabeth J. Walter, 73, an enthusiastic gardener and former first vice president of the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Garden Club, died of lung cancer Nov. 27 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. Hedges died in a 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 || []; That understanding, along with Windham Hills commitment to follow through on the previously discussed idea of Torched as a benefit album, paved the way for Burgess to deliver the master. WebMendocino guitarist Michael Hedges, an innovative and eclectic musician with a national following, was identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal weekend car crash on The accident cut short the brilliant career of one of the steel-string guitars most unique voices. She received a master's degree in fine arts at the University of Northern Iowa. Molly Tuttle Teaches Tony Rices Distinctive Guitar Style, Arranging W.C. Over the coming months and years, its likely that the remaining handful of unreleased studio recordings, several tours worth of live recordings from the mid-90s, and a planned tribute album featuring some of Hedges more famous collaborators and admires, will keep that connection flourishing, along with, closely following the release of Torched, some spectacular concert video footage, both recent and historic, to be made available through Michaels own fan-based mail order outlet. and "deep-tissue gladiator guitar,'' according to Windham Hill's Web site. This story includes information from Windham Hill's Web by Jason Anderson. Michael often credited David for his early awakening to the idea of altered guitar tunings, and CSNs influence on him was undeniable.. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. He also studied electronic music at Stanford University, where he met Windham Hill co-founder and guitarist Will Ackerman. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Since earlier this year, Ms. Watkins had been music director of the Annapolis Symphony Chamber Orchestra and resident conductor of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Hedges' Aerial Boundaries album, released in 1984, included a tribute piece to the works of acoustic guitarist Pierre Bensusan, simply entitled "Bensusan". Mr. Hedges used a combination of unusual tunings, two-handed fret-board tapping and other techniques that resulted in a harmonically rich sound. He received a master's degree in business administration from New York University and graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. Bassist Michael Manring contributed to nearly all of Hedges' records. Marie-Barry of Springfield, Lisa Ste. 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 [Rory] Block introduced him as the guitar Buddha, and his music is indeed meditative but very playful and rarely peaceful.. We remember him here with a video of Hedges playing his best-known original piece, Aerial Boundaries, which appeared on a hit Windham Hill album of the same name in 1984. 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 || []; Before joining the institute in 1962, Mr. Henry had been air defense division chief for the operations research office at Johns Hopkins University. For the most part, it was a matter of deciphering what was already there in front of me, he recalls, determining which was the most recent evolution of each component, and of the sequence itself; and then checking and cross-checking until I was sure., Hedges had clearly not been through tinkering with Torched. In high school, he also played the flute in the stage band. He had a second home in St. Simons Island, Ga. Michael Hedges was sent She was a legal secretary in Washington in the early 1950s. 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. WebMichael Hedges is known for District 9 (2009), King Kong (2005) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). var plc208209 = window.plc208209 || 0; From 1976 to 1977 he played electric guitar and flute for a local group called Lotus Band, which he left to start performing as a solo acoustic act. Hedges died in a one-car crash on California 128 in rural Mendocino County, about 100 miles northwest of San Francisco, California Highway Patrol Officer Bob Burke said. All rights reserved. She collapsed during a rehearsal of a chamber music group at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda. In 1983, Michael Hedgess friend Randy Lutge filmed him playing several of his songs slowly, so that others might more easily learn them. His was a rare gift, and we can feel only gratitude for the jewels he left us. At first it gets stuck, but then the teens push it over, sending it crashing 50 feet down and hitting Hedges, 47, as she is standing below. 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. off. document.write('<'+'div id="placement_208209_'+plc208209+'">'); 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.
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