Axel Eff

I present a full band sound on one instrument, playing fingerstyle on a 6 string acoustic-electric guitar. I have an extended repertoire of original music, with a wide range of influences: jazz, rock, blues, R&B, gypsy, country, latin, Nashville, New Orleans, world, etc.
I also play many Great American Songbook jazz standards.

I started playing guitar at age 21, due to the influence of my older brother Deke. He and his friends introduced me to the great acoustic fingerstyle blues players of the twentieth century. My early influences also included country fingerpickers, including the great Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, and Leo Kottke.
Along the way, my major influences widened to include jazz guitarist Joe Pass, banjo player Bela Fleck, as well as many great jazz piano players.
Through my formative years, I spent time as a singer/songwriter and eventually became a bandleader, with bands as diverse as jazz-rock and western swing.
Fingerstyle or fingerpicking guitar encompasses a huge range of styles, with one thing in common: it is played with the fingers of the picking hand, without using a traditional flat pick. Just a few years ago, I returned to what originally attracted me to playing the guitar, which is fingerstyle, acoustic, instrumental guitar.

I have several options for sound. I play many gigs just with my Cube Street EX acoustic guitar amplifier, and I also have a small and a medium size PA systems. I can provide lighting as necessary.
I have played through house sound systems also.