Available on Bandcamp as Download or CD
This is the album I have always wanted to make. It is the most spontaneous of all my recordings. I hope you like it. For some time now, I had wanted to tackle on solo guitar what in my opinion are some of the great rock, pop, and spiritual power ballads.
TRACK LIST
Goodness of God
(Jenn Johnson et al.; CeCe Winans)
Burning Heart
(Theme from “Rocky IV”)
What About Love
(Heart)
The Music of the Night
(Phantom of the Opera)
I Want to Know About Love
(Foreigner)
Wind Beneath My Wings
(Bette Midler)
Eye of the Tiger
(Theme from “Rocky III”)
Blind Mary
(Iconic Irish Harper Turlough O’Carolan)
Ode to Joy
(Beethoven’s 9th Symphony)
Guantananera
(Tradtional)
Tracks of My Tears
(Smokey Robinson)
Moonlight Motel
(Bruce Springsteen)
I Wish I Were Blind
(Bruce Springsteen)
Here I Am to Worship/The Heart of Worship
(Tim Hughes; Matt Redman)
Desperado
(Eagles)
Celtic Guitar Gems
“To my ears, it is the most joyful and exuberant album I’ve ever done. “
El McMeen
Listen to El’s interview with Shelley Kelley about his Album “Celtic Guitar Gems” on her show “Java Time”
on WVUD radio in Newark, Delaware 12/17/25.
A Man of Many Talents
El McMeen is a man of many talents. In his lifetime he has worn several hats: husband, father, grandfather, retired lawyer, musician, Christian minister, and humorist. He credits his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the bountiful blessings that have been bestowed on him in regard to the matters shared on this website, and everything else.
Music
El is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning acoustic guitarist, who has been included in a “Greatest Acoustic Guitarist” list. He says that it’s nice to be on someone’s list, unless it’s for a hit or a tax audit. He has recorded 18 guitar albums (in addition to compilations), and is featured or included in a number of video releases. El has written numerous books of guitar music for Mel Bay Publications, has given guitar workshops throughout the US, and produced recordings by other guitarists. His memoir, “Growing Up in God’s Country”, has been honored as a #1 New Release on Amazon.
Ministry
El is an ordained Christian minister, who has written much on the faith, including a book co-written with his friend and fellow guitarist (and lawyer) Steve Baughman on Amazon called Objection! Overruled! El is heavily involved in ministry by correspondence to prison inmates, primarily in Texas and Florida.
Mirth
El is the author of a number of books of humor, typically involving puns and wordplay. Those books arose, interestingly enough, out of a discussion with Steve Baughman, his co-author of Objection! Overruled! Steve shared a joke with El, and El ran with it in a zany, albeit fruitful, direction.
El is grateful to Nelson Soucek of Liberal Palette Designs for his work and assistance on this website.