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Winners at the Americana
Music Association's first-ever Americana Awards Show, September
13, included Buddy and Julie Miller for album of the
year and Jim Lauderdale for artist of the year. Lifetime
achievement awards went to T Bone Burnett, Billy Joe Shaver, and
Emmylou Harris. Johnny Cash, winner of the Spirit of Americana Free
Speech Award, gave a surprise performance.
Upon examining "John
Pearse" strings returned by Danish customers, Pearse discovered
that the strings and their packaging were counterfeit. Until
the situation is resolved, Danish guitar players who wish to ensure
the quality of their strings should order directly from Pearse's
website, www.jpstrings.com.
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Events
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Acoustic Sessions now
offers weekend and residential workshops, taught by Woody
Mann and Trevor Laurence, throughout the U.S. and Europe (www.acousticsessions.com).
Toronto, Ontario, will
host the first Winterfolk festival (www.winterfolk.com),
January 31–February 2, with workshops and performances by more
than 50 artists. Toronto will also be home to the International
Association for Jazz Education conference, January 8–11.
Attendees can participate in clinics and workshops on topics such
as jazz history, improvisation, technology, and teacher training.
To register, go to www.iaje.org.
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New
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Pomona Productions'
(www.pomona1.com)
new CD-ROM The Interactive Guide to Home Recording
offers information on planning a session, microphone selection and
placement, using effects, mixing, and much more.
Going Driftless:
An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown (Red House, www.redhouserecords.com)
features women musicians, including Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent,
Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, and Lucy Kaplansky, covering Brown's
tunes. All royalties from the album benefit the Breast Cancer Fund
(www.breastcancerfund.org).
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In
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The Who's bassist, John
Entwistle, died June 27, on the eve of the Who's U.S. tour.
Entwistle developed his powerful and influential bass style in the
one-guitar band, playing loud and complex parts to fill the rhythm
guitar void. A musical prodigy, Entwistle first teamed with Pete
Townshend in a Dixieland combo, playing trumpet to Townshend's banjo.
In recent years, Entwistle became known for his painting and also
led the John Entwistle Band.
Legendary jazz bassist
Ray Brown died July 2 at age 75. Brown's first instrument
was piano, but he later switched to bass, teaching himself the instrument
by ear. His fluid sound helped define bebop, and he performed with
other bop luminaries Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie
in Gillespie's Big Band. In 1948 Brown married and became musical
director for Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the
Oscar Peterson Trio.
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Cyber
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H.E.A.R. (Hearing
Education and Awareness for Rockers) is a non-profit organization
created by ex-punk musician Kathy Peck and physician Flash Gordon
to educate musicians and music lovers about the dangers of excessive
noise. The organization's website, www.hearnet.com,
provides useful information on tinnitus and hearing loss and protection,
as well as lists of audiologists, earplug manufacturers, and hearing
health organizations.
Chordbook.com
offers guitar players yet another excellent chord reference site.
Chordbook's unique interface allows users to virtually strum each
of the more than 1,000 preset chords and inversions. Adventurous
players can even create and play back their own chords on a virtual
fretboard or use the tuner function to tune their guitars to standard
tuning or a number of common alternate tunings.
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Meet
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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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Excerpted from Acoustic
Guitar magazine, January
2003, No. 121.
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Got some news? Send it to Happenings, Acoustic
Guitar, PO Box 767, San Anselmo, CA 94979-0767; email happenings.ag@stringletter.com;
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