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Instructions · What links here · Rod Poole (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 11 days ago by 108.2.105.249 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 4 days ago by Nodumbdumbs

Rod Poole (born January 4, 1962, in Taplow, England; died May 2007 in Los Angeles, CA^[1]) was a British guitar player who released several acclaimed^[2]^[3] albums of acoustic guitar in just intonation. He died in 2007 after being stabbed in a road rage incident.^[4] Poole began his musical career in England before moving to the United States in 1989, where he studied just intonation with Erv Wilson and became active in the Los Angeles improvised and experimental music scenes. Poole played a modified 1972 Martin Acoustic, rebuilt with a new fretboard to accommodate a 23-note octave of his own design.^[5] Nels Cline described Poole as "a true artist, probably a genius."

Selected discography

1996 - The Death Adder (WIN Records) solo acoustic guitar
1998 - December 96 (WIN Records) solo acoustic guitar
1998 - Iasis (Transparency) solo acoustic guitar
2001 - Acoustic Guitar Trio (Incus) with Neils Cline and Jim McAuley
2005 - Rod Poole & Sasha Bogdanowitsch - Mind's Island ‎(Justguitar Records) guitar and vocal duets
2009 - Acoustic Guitar Trio ‎– Vignes (Long Song Records) with Neils Cline and Jim McAuley

Further information

Video of Rod Poole 6-12-01 Downtown Music Gallery, NYC

Rod Poole 1962-2007, online archive of articles and information about Rod Poole and his murder

Rod Poole at Discogs.com

References

^ "Rod Poole". Discogs. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
^ "Rod Poole / December '96". web.archive.org. 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
^ "Rod Poole / The Death Adder". web.archive.org. 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
^ Burk, Greg (2007-05-19). "He pushed the envelope on music". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
^ Riddle, Stuart (2007-07-01). "Rod Poole". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[1] "Rod Poole". Discogs. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[2] "Rod Poole / December '96". web.archive.org. 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2024-12-14.

[3] "Rod Poole / The Death Adder". web.archive.org. 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2024-12-14.

[4] Burk, Greg (2007-05-19). "He pushed the envelope on music". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[5] Riddle, Stuart (2007-07-01). "Rod Poole". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

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