| Michael Hedges was a songwriter and an acoustic guitarist known for his unusual two-handed picking style.
Hedges studied classical guitar at Phillips University in his home town of Enid, Oklahoma. He received a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. He also studied electronic music at Stanford University where he met Windham Hill co-founder Will Ackerman.
In the early 1980s, Hedges released albums on the Windham Hill label and collaborated with musicians such as Dweezil Zappa and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Hedges was killed in a car accident in late 1997. Visitor Comments: | 
