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John Thomas Fingerstyle Guitar :: Acoustic Blues and Ragtime Music in Connecticut
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Blues and Ragtime Fingerstyle Guitarist. I am a fingerstyle guitar player living in Hamden, in southern Connecticut, and play instrumental acoustic music, mainly blues and ragtime. My influences range from the blues greats of the 1920s and 1930s to Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed. My guitar playing is deeply steeped in American roots music of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Blues, Rags and Beyond. Im also Field Editor editor and frequent contributor to my favorite magazine,.
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News & Gear - My Dream Guitar
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News & Gear. The Ladies Who Make Guitars. Author – Dr. John Thomas. Dr John Thomas, a Connecticut law professor and music journalist, wrote a book called “Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women and Gibson’s Banner Guitars of World War Two”. This book was published in 2013. This publication got less than a cherry reception from the Gibson Guitar Corporation before and after it was released. Those that did not were drafted. Manufacturing Industry During WWII Years. In Dr Thomas’ opinion perha...
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February | 2015 | Fretboard Journal
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Just another WordPress site. Podcast 89: Harvester Guitars. Gamble Rogers Interviews Merle Travis. Catch of the Day. Guitar Building Workshop with Jay Lichty: A Prelude. Ldquo;Well, do you think that I can at least produce something that vaguely resembles a guitar? Ldquo;Oh, that’s a guarantee.”. Thus begins my journey into the brave new world of lutherie. I’m chatting with luthier Jay Lichty. Enigmatic guitar maker Wayne Henderson. Jay has built some 200 instruments, which are split roughly evenly betwe...
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March | 2015 | Fretboard Journal
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Just another WordPress site. Podcast 89: Harvester Guitars. Gamble Rogers Interviews Merle Travis. Catch of the Day. John Knowles – “After Paris”. Https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Guitar virtuoso and educator John Knowles stopped by. To perform “After Paris” for our cameras. As always, Knowles is a case study for tasteful, understated fingerstyle guitar. Knowles is performing on his signature model Kirk Sand guitar. March 30, 2015. September 24, 2015. David Grier – “Soldier’s Joy”. March 23, 2015. In early...
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Greatest Guitar Books – ABOUT
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Advice, practice tips, and hundreds of stylized guitar lessons. 8220;Invaluable.” – Elderly Instruments. 8220;Essential.” –. Magazine, Taylor Guitars. 8220;Stunning.” – John Thomas, bestselling author of. 50 Greatest Guitar Books. Unlike any other guitar method,. 50 Greatest Guitar Books. Is part guitar instruction, part music appreciation, and part literary criticism. Persinger delivers as much practical musical content as he does analysis and educated insight. Chord Voicings, Two-Handed Tapping. Please...
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Summer Reading: On the Great Lakes and Gibson Guitars | Historical Horizons
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Calvin College History Department Blog. I, Too, Am a Southerner. Summer Reading: On Politics and Puritans →. Summer Reading: On the Great Lakes and Gibson Guitars. July 24, 2015. The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas. Recommended by Bruce Berglund:. I binge-read this book while on vacation at the Lake Michigan shore last summer. Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women and Gibson’s Banner Guitars of WWII. Recommended by William Van Vugt:. They said this never happened!
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John Thomas Fingerstyle Guitar :: Acoustic Blues and Ragtime Music in Connecticut :: Calendar
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I play clubs, bookstores, regional festivals, and private gatherings. Please contact me. If youre interested in having me perform at your event. I donate all of my performing fees to charitable organizations. October 29, 2016, time TBA. August 5, 2018, time TBA. The Tap and Spile. 21 Hungate, Lincoln LN1 1ES, 01522 534 015. June 16-18, 2016, noon. Brilliant young playwright Cara Beth Heath. Is one of four plays featured in Activate Midwest: A New Play Festival. At the Gilmore Theater Complex. Kalamazoo V...
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John Thomas Fingerstyle Guitar :: Acoustic Blues and Ragtime Music in Connecticut :: Links
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Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women and Gibsons Banner Guitars of WWII (American History Press, 2013). Solitude, Struggle, and Violence:. A One Hundred Year Oral History of the Communities on Both Sides of the US/Mexico Border (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016, or so). Some of the finest guitars on the planet! Fabulous instruments. I was privileged to build a guitar with Jay Lichty and to b log about the experience for Fretboard Journal. One of my favorite guitarists! Tone, taste, and touch.
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Vintage Steel - Links
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Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women and the "Banner" Gibson Guitars They Built during WWII. The Museum of Making Music. The National Guitar Museum. The Kalamazoo Valley Museum.