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Excerpted
from Acoustic
Guitar
magazine, October 2001, No. 106.
News
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Charles Fox’s American School of Lutherie is back on track
at an expanded location in Healdsburg, California. The school features
weekend workshops, weeklong seminars, and in-depth courses on building
and repairing guitars taught by such renowned luthiers as Steve
Klein, Jeff Elliot, Frank Ford, and John Monteleone. For more information,
call (707) 433-8180 or go to www.americanschooloflutherie.com.
Author and producer Cristobal Diaz Ayala has donated his vast collection
of Cuban music to Florida International University. The collection,
which contains 100,000 items, including 4,000 pieces of sheet music
and 25,000 LPs, is considered to be the most comprehensive gathering
of Cuban music artifacts in the world.
Five-string banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs and blues harmonica
great James Cotton recently collaborated (along with Ricky
Skaggs, Marc Savoy, Ann Savoy, and Stuart Duncan) on the theme for
the upcoming PBS series American Roots Music, a four-part
documentary by filmmaker Jim Brown. The series will air on four
consecutive Mondays, beginning October 29.
Linda Thompson, who recorded seven influential albums with
then-husband Richard Thompson in the ’70s and early ’80s, recently
signed a multi-album contract with Rounder Records. Her first new
recording in 16 years is scheduled for release in early 2002. It
will feature her own compositions as well as collaborations with
Rufus Wainwright and her son Teddy Thompson.
.gif) Bonnie
Raitt.
Bonnie Raitt and Keb’ Mo’ recently performed the
first musical concert at San Quentin prison in 13 years, a reward
for roughly 1,000 inmates involved in the prison’s drug and alcohol
rehabilitation programs.
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Events
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DjangoFest Northwest takes place October 5–7 in Langley, Washington.
Pearl Django and the Robin Nolan Trio will perform
and lead workshops in the art of Gypsy jazz. For more information,
visit www.whidbey.net/wica.
 Pearl
Django.
Showcases, speakers, seminars, round-table discussions, informal
meetings, and a songwriting contest highlight Folk Meet,
presented by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Folk Alliance
Canada, October 11–14 in Toronto, Ontario. Go to www.icomm.ca/ocff/conf.htm
or call (866) 292-6233 for more information.
Independent musicians will want to head to Nashville, Tennessee,
October 10–14 for the Nashville New Music Conference (2NMC). In
addition to three nights of music at more than 20 venues, there
will be panels, mentor sessions, a trade show, and demo listening/pitch
sessions for musicians. Pick up a free copy of Acoustic Guitar
magazine while you’re there. For more information call (615)
985-0149 or go to www.2nmc.com.
The Sebastopol Celtic
Festival brings "a drop of the pure" to Sebastopol, California,
September 28–30. Get your fill of workshops, master classes, Scottish
heavy athletics, and performances by Martin Hayes and Dennis
Cahill, Lúnasa, Kevin Burke, Paddy Keenan, Dick Gaughan and
Brian McNeill, Cucanandy, and Wake the Dead. For more
information go to www.monitor.net/celtic.
Wake the Dead play
Celtic settings of
Grateful Dead songs at the Sebastopol Celtic Festival.
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In
Memory
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Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery, banjo player since 1935 for
the Light Crust Doughboys, died June 6 at age 88 in Dallas. The
Doughboys, formed in 1931 by Bob Wills and Milton Brown, shared
a Grammy nomination this year in the category of Southern, country,
or bluegrass gospel album for The Great Gospel Hit Parade. Montgomery’s
long career was highlighted by his 1995 solo album Remember Me.
Reclusive folksinger and songwriter Fred Neil died July
7 at age 64 in his Florida home. Neil’s deep, resonant voice inspired
singers like Tim Buckley and Tim Hardin, while Stephen Stills claimed
Neil as an influence on his guitar playing. Neil’s songwriting credits
include "Candy Man" (a hit for Roy Orbison) and "Everybody’s Talkin’"
(featured in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, as recorded by
Harry Nilsson). Neil retreated from the music world in 1971, and
his recordings have been largely unavailable, except for the compilation
The Many Sides of Fred Neil released by Collector’s Choice
in 1998.
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Acoustic Guitar magazine
is sponsoring La Guitarra California, September 28–30, in
San Luis Obispo, California.
Sisters is an acoustic
music and folk art festival, and La Guitarra California focuses
on classical guitar from all angles. Meet A.G. advertising
manager Rich Osweiler and pick up a free copy of Acoustic Guitar.
For more information on both events, visit www.acousticguitar.com/outreach.
Click
here to meet the Acoustic Guitar team at a wide variety upcoming
music events and trade shows. Listed below are some things happening
in the next few weeks.
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