Nobody does "Live" like Richard with his stories, tales from the road, tunes in the middle, and surprise special guests. Finally - after years of performing, recording in studios, and the fact that he finally got tired of hearing so many attendees come up to him after the shows asking, "which one of these have the do flies have necks story on them" or "where's the one that has the story about you sticking your head in a ceiling fan twice in a row" while waving his current four CDs in the air - Live at 2nd Street Theater has been released.

Recorded live from a single evening on August 20, 2005, at the 2nd Street Theatre in Bend, Oregon, this newest project conveys what many fans already know - Richard is a very, very funny guy. The CD starts off with a rousing "Gove's Tune" and "Thumbsing, makes its way through neck snaps and capos, picks up a favorite Leo Kottke tune "Mona Ray" and opens the gate for more music and fun with Radim Zenkl joining Richard on stage. What a treat to hear these two master players with guitar and mandolin complementing each other on four tunes back to back with "the Maison Blanche Exit Song", "Minuet for the Backroads", "The Last Steam Engine Train", and "Study in Bm". Richard continues on with his take on wigs, a medley of "Echoing Gilewitz/Daughter of Pete's Feet", adventures of playing music at schools, "Available Space", a Ry Cooder tune, and "Synapse Collapse".

This 46-minute CD with 13 tracks of songs and stories is fresh, loose, and live with an audience that can barely contain their enjoyment of the evening. As it captures the energy of Richard's performance, it's definitely what we have been waiting for to add to our collection of GillaTunes!

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Seven original songs by Richard and 6 very contrasted covers including a 16th century lute piece composed by Alonso de Mudarra and the traditional "Freight Train" by Elizabeth Cotten. Thumbsing begins with its title song, penned by Richard as a challenge to himself as he uses only the right thumb for fingerpicking. Other selections include "Wazamataz", "Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow at Night?", "Daughter of Pete's Feet", "Pete's Feet", "Sarah Natasha", "Layover", "The Hermit", "Sunflower River Blues", and finally, a much-requested solo 12-string rendition of the 1996 "Dirt To Dust" - exactly as Richard performs it live in concert with the haunting introduction, "Gypsy Minor" and a revised middle section.

From beginning to end, Thumbsing is truly a thumbprint of instrumental "singings" from the guitar. Click here for information about this release

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The Music of David Walbert is acoustic guitar at its finest! You sampled a few of these tunes on previous Gilewitz recordings. Now as tribute to his teacher, friend, and mentor, Richard performs the entire works of David Walbert. No overdubs -- just Richard on guitar. Included are favorites such as "Dance", "Prelude", "Study (for Margot") and "Prelude No. 2", as well as never recorded pieces such as "Em Piece", "I Am Eaten By Sharks", "Tremolo Piece", "E Piece", and "Nocturne". This 12 song recording is "classical steel" at its best!

This 13 song release shouts of influences from Memphis to the Mediterranean and features the entire updated "Echoing Wilderness" (recorded in part as "Echoing Gilewitz" by Leo Kottke). Special guest sounds by keyboardist David Webb on "Embryonic Journey" and "St. Louis Blues", and percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, on Richard's original Latin-rhythm driven "Bilingual Fantasy" and the haunting "Dirt To Dust".

Best cuts on this 11 song CD are almost too many to list...but "Mrs. Firecracker's Place" comes close to being so fresh that "you can almost smell the guitar wood," according to Jam Entertainment News. Almost a clinic on acoustic technique, tunes like "Study", "Jamaicalina", and "Voluntary Solitary" keep the listener hugging his CD player, picking up the crystal clear sounds of each note.

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