Category Archives: Guitar

Opening

Opening
I apprenticed with musician and luthier Tom Morgan of Dayton, Tennessee in working with acoustic instruments, and worked briefly for Warrior Guitars in Ringgold, Georgia. As someone who treasures acoustic music, I bring instruments to their fullest potential through a simple practice that opens their tone wood into a unique voice of clarity, complexity, and sustain. An acoustic guitar is composed…
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Box of Strings

Box of Strings
After years of collecting guitars and the styles of playing them, I have compiled a collection of pieces that is diverse in style and range. The 10 tracks feature playing in Lap Steel, Hawaiian Slack Key, Celtic DADGAD, Nashville Tuning, Baritone, 12-String, and Cross-Tuning. Most tracks were recorded in a single take, in the improvisational style…
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Will The Circle Be Unbroken
When I first moved to Tennessee I had a guitar to be repaired, but couldn’t remember the name of the man so many people had referred me to for the job. All I knew was that he lived on a mountain top, in another town. Trying to remember, I picked up a phone book, hoping…
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Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day
There is an old adage that people who make television don’t watch television. I stopped watching television about 15 years ago. Prior to that I had worked on a weekly live cablecast music show that featured a live band every week. I became a Public Access Television producer, and part of a 10-person crew. The show was…
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