6th Annual
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Main Hall Chet Atkins Room Merle Travis Room
Sebastopol Guitar Festi val Saturday, January 27 Noon - 10pm
Program of Events Kebtone Productions & Sebastopol Community Cultural Center Production
Featured Concerts by:
Kevin Russell & Some Friends featuring Bobby Black at 7:30pm
Volker Strifler at 8:30pm
The Chet Atkins Room - Concerts & Demos 12:00 - 1:00 The Spin Cats ~ jazz bass & guitar duo
Annex Building Classes & Workshops
Jerry Reed Room Doc Watson Room Eldon Shamblin Room Instrument Check- In
Chris Grampp has played jazz, blues, rock, and traditional music in bands and as a solo guitarist for over 25 years in the Bay Area. He has studied guitar with Tuck Andress, Warren Nunes, and Davis Ramey, and has contributed lessons and articles for Acoustic Guitar magazine. He has taught for many years at the California Coast Music Camp, the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and various music festival workshops. The Spin Cats, guitarist Chris Grampp and bassist Chuck Ervin, play an assortment of jazz, swing, blues, pop and country tunes, with an emphasis on dynamic interplay, original arrangements, and all-out fun.
1:00 - 1:30 Michael Stadler ~ Mike has been in music since age six. His is a powerful voice well suited to
American roots forms: Country, Bluegrass, Old Time and Folk. A multi-instrumentalist, Mike mainly sticks to mandolin and lead guitar with this group, though fiddle or clawhammer banjo might also put in an appearance. His solo CD North Country features nearly all of the band members. His clawhammer style guitar playing is featured on a Solid Air Records (www.solidairrecords.com) release, Clawhammer Guitar: The Collection, which also features Steve Baughman, Jody Stecher and Alec Stone Sweet.
1:30 - 2:30 Mary Flower ~ Mary Flower’s immense finger picking guitar and lap-slide prowess is soulful and
Classes & Workshops
meter-perfect, a deft blend of the inventive, the dexterous and the mesmerizing. Her supple honey-and-whiskey voice provides the perfect melodic accompaniment to each song’s story.
Mini - Concerts
2:30 - 3:00 Solid Air ~ Solid Air is a music group based north of San Francisco, led by co-founders Allegra Broughton (vocals, guitar), and Sam Page (vocals, bass, baritone slide guitar), native Californians who have been performing for over twenty-five years at fairs, festivals, clubs, concert stages, wineries, coffeehouses and private events. Solid Air performs as a duo, trio and 4-piece band with high energy vocals, stellar musicianship, top-notch original songs and eclectic covers from jug band to cajun to classic rock ‘n’ roll for both listening and dancing, with references available.
The Merle Travis Room - Luthiers & Displays
3:00 - 4:00 Jim Nichols ~ Jazz/Fingerstyle guitarist Jim Nichols’ credentials include appearances on television, radio, concert halls, and clubs including Carnegie Hall and the Tonight Show. He has played and/or recorded with Kenny Rankin, Chet Atkins, Hubert Laws, Eddie Harris, Buddy Montgomery, Van Morrison, Toots Thielemans, Tom Waits, Tommy Emmanuel and many others. Jim has taught clinics in the U.S. and in Europe including Stanford and Jamie Aebersold’s Jazz Workshops.
Guitars shown by Bruce Sexauer, John Knutson, Howard Klepper, Richard Prenkert, Bob Groat, John Datlen, Mark Berry, Bill Iberti & others. Also, displays from Tall Toad Music, Peghead Nation, Shubb Capos, Acoustic Guitar.
4:00 - 4:30 The Farallons ~ a three-piece acoustic group playing a style of music described as Folk ‘n Roll
12:30 – 1:45pm Megan McLaughlin (Alternate tunings) is a songwriter known for her innovative guitar playing, strong compelling voice, and high-energy stage presence.
with hints of other influences including Irish, Jazz, Classical, Country, and even Latin. Tom Richardson, Terry Mills, and Linda Weber blend a very tight three-part harmony with steel and nylon stringed acoustic guitars, bass, mandolin, flute, and hand percussion. Sets include finely crafted original songs by award-winning songwriter Tom as well as cover tunes from the likes of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, and Karla Bonoff. The Farallons are seasoned professionals with a well established Sonoma County following. They show up on time, look good, don’t eat much, and work well with the staff.
4:30 - 6:30 Steel Guitar Summit ~ featuring Dave Zirbel, Jon Mitguard, Bobby Lee, & Bobby Black!
The summit will feature four of the bay areas best steel & pedal steel guitar players. Though often associated with country music, these musical pioneers will demonstrate that there is no musical genre they can’t cover. These masters will be playing everything from rock & blues to jazz to country to western swing! Anything is fair game for this uniquely American instrument. Plus, the band for today’s summit is a who’s who of California musical royalty! Guitar monsters Chris Grampp & Jim Nichols, along with rhythm king Rick Cutler on drums and bass duties split by the dream team of Markie Sanders and Sam Page!
6:30 – 7:30 Surprise Guest 7:30 - 8:10 Evening Concert ~ Kevin Russell & Some Friends featuring Bobby Black ~ a collection of many of the bay area’s finest musician’s, including Rick Cutler, Markie Sanders, Chris Grampp, Cori Wood & who knows who else will show up tonight! Drawing from a wealth of American favorites like Bob Wills, Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Hank Thompson and more, Some Friends always manage to make covers their own and create music that will have you dancing or listening with great enthusiasm! Bobby Black is considered to be one of the best steel guitarists in the country. Black has appeared on more than 130 albums over the years by notables including Asleep at the Wheel, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Elvin Bishop.
8:30 – 10:00pm Evening Concert ~ Volker Strifler Band
Volker Strifler’s creative style of Blues/Roots are innovative explorations into Rock, Jazz, and Latin rhythms, with several stops in New Orleans along the way! This German-born guitarist-singer plays with a perfect blend of fire and restraint along with the clarity of Duane Allman. The pace is fast, often frenetic, but the mixture of styles has the feel of controlled turbulence, drawing you into a whirlwind of tightly meshed crosscurrents. Most of all – the music is FUN!
The Eldon Shamblin Room - Mini-Concerts 12:30 -1:30pm Tony Gagarin (Introduction to Bottleneck Slide Guitar in Open D tuning) Students will learn how to tune to Open D tuning, chords, slide techniques and tricks, glass vs metal slides, vibrato,single string runs and learn two songs Midnight Rider and Amazing Grace. Recording is allowed. 2:00 – 3:15pm Songwriters Panel with Ken Reisling, Jay Gotlieb, Dave Hamilton, Emily Hamilton, Tom Richardson
The Doc Watson Room - Classes & Workshops
2:15 - 3:30pm Michael Stadler (Frailed guitar & more) A playing class; bring your tuned instrument. How to avoid duplicated effort in jams. Chord and rhythm-based techniques that add to the music and not just the volume. How to frame, not conceal, the focus of the moment. 4:00 – 5:30pm Mary Flower (Getting the Blues Up the Neck) Fingerstyle blues stylist and teacher Mary Flower will discuss simple moveable chord shapes and how to use them to enhance your own repertoire. These “recycled” shapes will get you out of 1st position, increase your improvising options and improve your groove. Recycled? You already know these chords in first position! Now we’ll unravel the mystery of what happens when they move to higher voicings to create melodies or do fills. Mary will reference the CAGED system and how to make sense of it all! Ability to read tab will be useful. Audio recordings are encouraged! Levels advanced beginning and up will benefit from this workshop that will change the way you arrange, solo and accompany yourself on your guitar! Mary is an award winning musician from Portland, OR with five decades of teaching under her belt. Find out more at www.maryflower.com.
The Jerry Reed Room - Classes & Workshops
12:30 - 1:45pm Jim Nichols (finger-style guitar) Jim has an unusual approach; using a thumb pick and fin-
gers to play everything from Chet Atkins style to modern jazz . His impressive credentials include appearances on TV, radio, concert halls, Carnegie Hall and the Tonight Show. He has played and/or recorded with Joe Pass, Kenny Rankin, Buddy Montgomery, Art Pepper, Van Morrison, Chet Atkins, Mark Murphy and Hubert Laws. Jim has taught guitar for many years and has served as master instructor for the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops and Stanford Jazz Workshops.
2:00 - 3:00pm Chris Grampp (how to play everything)
We’ll cover rhythm backup techniques for blues, pop, swing, country, rock, folk and related styles. We’ll work on strumming patterns, counting rhythms, syncopation, accents, dynamics, and right (strumming) hand development. All chordal instruments and bass players welcome.
3:30 - 4:45pm Chuck Ervin (bass walk)
The most important element of any good-’n’-greasy blues bass solo is rhythm, and you’ll learn how to easily access your own never-ending supply. Next, we’ll apply these rhythms to a few blues-scale shapes that make it easy to find the good notes on the bass and get your mojo workin’. We’ll also discuss specific ways you need to think differently when you switch from laying down a solid bass line to carrying the melodic “freight” as a soloist. Handouts will be provided. All bass instruments are welcome (and guitarists, too, if you can successfully ignore your top two strings!).www.basschuck.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT SCCC
Feb 10 - Radney Foster Feb 17 - Misner & Smith Feb 24 - Joni Mitchell Night Feb 25 - Lúnasa with Tim O’Brien Mar 2 - The Mammals Mar 10 - SoCo Bluegrass Festival Mar 17 - Chris Smither
Mar 23 - Kathy Kallick Band Apr 6 - R. Carlos Nakai Quartet Apr 6 - Jack Tempchin and Ray Bierl Apr 7 - Beatles Night Apr/May - Author Talk Aug 12 - Tour d’Organics Bicycle Ride