LYLE BREWER
Lyle Brewer in 2019 playing "Til There Was You" on Ken Parker's "Lucky" archtop guitar.
Lyle Brewer is a guitarist from Massachusetts. He plays original instrumental music and is influenced by folk, jazz and classical music. He studied at The New England Conservatory of Music starting in 2004 and has maintained a strong presence in the Boston music scene ever since. He has performed as a sideman with Ryan Montbleau, Dietrich Strause, Caitlin Canty and Peter Mulvey. As a solo artist Brewer has released 7 albums. He is currently on faculty at The Berklee College of Music and is working on a new album with Kristin Slipp from Cuddle Magic
Special Video Series - Lyle Brewer plays Six Ken Parker Archtops
In the late winter of 2021 a rare confluence occurred – six of Ken's guitars were visiting the shop at the same time! So, Ken invited superb guitarist Lyle Brewer to come and play each of them and the videos in this playlist are the result.
All takes were live and were recorded with mics and/or amps or combinations as indicated in the videos.
Recorded March 6, 2021. Mics=2 Audio Techinica 5045's, Amps=Carr Rambler and/or Fender Blues Deluxe.
Video Recording-Cameron Willard, Audio Recording and Video Editing-John Guth.
In this video, Lyle plays “Loretta” - a non-cutaway Ken Parker Archtop made with mahogany from The Tree.
Lyle plays Ken’s guitar “Butterscotch,” made of Alpine Spruce and Italian Chestnut, in this video.
This is Lyle playing “Semeur,” a Ken Parker archtop with Old Growth Sitka Spruce and Curly Mama Mahogany back and sides.
For this video, Lyle plays “Sidekick”, featuring highly figured maple back and sides with a Sitka Spruce top.
Lyle plays “Larry”, a Ken Parker Archtop made of Sitka Spruce and Bosnian Curly Maple.
“Lucky”, Ken’s personal guitar, played by Lyle Brewer. Lucky is made from Sitka Spruce and Curly Mama Mahogany.