Trace Bundy and Sungha Jung at Live At The Lounge.
Sungha Jung and Trace Bundy utilize capo snap-ons, capo snap-offs, capo cross-fretting, left-hand finger tapping and other techniques in a virtuoso performance of Pachelbel’s “Canon” Saturday night at Live At The Lounge. Photo by Michael Hearn by Fred Milani The budding South Bay acoustic music scene got another bolt of lightning from the sold-out, performances of master fingerstyle guitarists Trace Bundy and Sungha Jung at Live At The Lounge in Hermosa Beach on Saturday night. The 13-year-old Sungha opened solo with an appealing chord-melody arrangement of Bon Jovi’s “Living On A Prayer.” Self-composed “Farewell,” “Hazy Sunshine” and “Waterfall” were imaginative and well-constructed. “More Than Words” was clever and intriguing, demonstrating a relaxed and confident approach to performing intricate bass, rhythmic and melodic lines simultaneously. The delightful Sungha showed strong potential and has all the right elements to be a popular international recording artist. The South Korean-based Sungha already has 6,161,492 YouTube channel views. So why travel 5,956 miles to Hermosa Beach. Answer: Trace Bundy, The Acoustic Ninja. “I’ve got to break out the capos,” declared the affable…
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