Who is this French Guitar Player/Artist?

April 3, 2008 6:52 AM

Guitar player from France. With Jewish roots. Plays fusion and his name is.......?

There's this ~awesome~ guitar player whose cassette I once proudly owned, whose name I totally forgot other than Benasoulin maybe...something... His music is reminiscent of Pat Metheny but with more of a Mediterranean/Far Eastern vibe to it. I remember I once looked him up on the net and it said he hailed from France, was self-taught and he had Jewish roots. Other than this -

Does anyone know who this talented guy is? Thanks in advance for any leads. (I tried every kind of google equation - no deal)

posted by watercarrier to media & arts (4 answers total)

Pierre Bensusan? I got him from the Wikipedia list of French guitarists.
posted by tomcooke at 7:09 AM on April 3, 2008 [1 favorite]

OMgosh - tomcooke - you rock! I am so happy, this is for you and everyone else who rocks at meta - enjoy Pierre Bensusan

Thank you very much :)
posted by watercarrier at 7:20 AM on April 3, 2008

Glad to have helped! YouTube is a bit slow for me at the moment, I'll check the video out later.
posted by tomcooke at 7:32 AM on April 3, 2008

enjoy Pierre Bensusan

Lovely song. Something about it reminded me of Richard Thompson, probably at least partly because of the DADGAD tuning.
posted by tomcooke at 7:54 AM on April 3, 2008