Phil Hare is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer. In his professional capacity Phil teaches guitar, plays solo gigs in folk/roots venues around the world, deps occasionally with other bands and also plays as a session musician. These videos are largely improvised in that Phil gets an idea around a structure and then records it in a fairly 'ad hoc' way - primarily to remember the idea without writing it down, and to have a frame of reference. As Phil writes everything on the guitar, most of these videos are guitar-based - and indeed, many are instrumental. That is not to say that Phil's live gigs are instrumental affairs; in fact there are many songs. But, as Phil largely writes his own songs, he would prefer it if you bought the CD's or downloads rather than taking it all from here!
As Phil's gigs are very varied affairs, the videos also try to reflect the diversity of material as well as the more comic and off-the-cuff elements. Many thanks to the stated publishers.