Michael
Alden
Hedges
For 43 years, we were able to share an extraordinary life and its music. The acoustic guitar will never be the same, and for those of us that loved him, neither will we.
Michael’s
Music
“Heaven is all around, translated to sound.”
Michael Hedges was an innovative guitarist and composer who released 8 solo albums and collaborated on numerous other projects before his untimely death in 1997. His talent brought him from small-town Oklahoma to Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory, and Carnegie Hall. He was a once-in-a-generation force that would revolutionize the acoustic guitar, perhaps Michael’s truest story and lasting legacy is that of an important twentieth-century composer.
The Magic
Farmer
An upcoming documentary about the life and music of Michael Hedges
Co-directed by Mischa Hedges & Brendan Hedges
Executive produced by TBD
Supported by Martin Guitars and fans like you
Latest Stories
Through the 1980s with Michael Hedges
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.
The Slow Series: Two Days Old
In 1983, Michael Hedges’s friend Randy Lutge filmed him playing several of his songs slowly, so that others might more easily learn them.
Michael Hedges & the Harp Guitar
In 1984, Michael Hedges walked into a San Francisco guitar shop and discovered his next musical pursuit: an acoustic relic from the 1920s called a harp guitar.
Featured
Track
“Track Name”
Written: 1981
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Fan Stories
Meeting Michael on Oracle ’97 Tour (Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez)
Submitted by Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez "I had the great privilege of spending time with Michael a few weeks prior to his passing. I received him at the airport in Houston on his Oracle tour in October 1997. We spent time in his hotel room talking (& smokin-out) and...
There are no rules (Wiley Hodgden)
Submitted by Wiley Hodgden – In the summer of ‘97, I took a road trip on HWY 1 from Mendocino down to San Diego, hitting all parts of California…
Meeting one of your guitar heroes (Tom McVey)
Submitted by Tom McVey I worked as artist liaison at a venue back in the early/mid 90's and Michael played twice during my tenure. I would always request working his shows so I could meet and talk to him. I was first 'introduced' to him in 1988 via a friend's copy of...
