{"id":198,"date":"2008-05-28T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T22:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.net\/wordpress\/?p=198"},"modified":"2021-04-10T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T22:45:12","slug":"sublime-no-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Sublime – no really"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ran across this guy’s music a little while ago – and it just keeps coming back hauntingly to my play list. He’s a 35-ish native Australian from one of the native tribes down there. His name is Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.<\/a> Born blind, he self-taught himself guitar – which is why he plays his guitar upside-down since there weren’t any left-handed guitars in his village growing up. His songs are mostly in his native language of yolngu. He only seems to do shows for the 200 people sized crowds. I can only hope he makes a trip to the states. I’ll go see him. Apparently it’s pretty common for people to leave in tears.<\/p>\n

Here’s some clips of him singing at his myspace account<\/a>. Try the track “Gurrumul History” for a good one…<\/p>\n

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Here’s a youtube clip of him playing one of my favorites live.<\/a> If you can get through it a couple of times without it kicking you in the chest like a billy goat, then you’re a stronger person than me.\u00a0 The guy is clearly tapping into a side of his soul most of us ever just get a glimpse of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ran across this guy’s music a little while ago – and it just keeps coming back hauntingly to my play list. He’s a 35-ish native Australian from one of the native tribes down there. His name is Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. Born blind, he self-taught himself guitar – which is why he plays his guitar upside-down since there weren’t any left-handed guitars in his village growing up. His songs are mostly in his native language of yolngu. He only seems to…<\/p>\n

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