Golden Link and the Rochester Guitar Club Present
Saturday, April 2nd, 7:30 pm
Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Avenue, Penfield
$22 ($18 for Golden Link members; $10 for students; 12 years and under free. Member pricing also applies to Rochester Guitar Club members.)
With a workshop - "Wonders and Mysteries of the Partial Capo" - Sunday at Stutzman's (see below)
There is plenty of space still available for this concert; you can pay at the door (cash or check). Gate opens at 6:45 PM. We hope to see you there.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Harvey Reid is most widely known for his peerless acoustic fingerstyle guitar work, but is also a former bluegrass picker, a versatile and engaging singer, a powerful lyricist, a solid mandolin and bouzouki player, and among the best autoharp players ever.
Reid has honed his craft over the last 40 years in countless clubs, festivals, streetcorners, cafes, schools, coffeehouses and concert halls across the nation. Acoustic Guitar Magazine called him "one of the true treasures of American acoustic music" and Guitar Player Magazine "...a giant of the steel strings." He has absorbed a vast repertoire of American music and woven it into his own colorful, personal and distinctive style. His 25 recordings on Woodpecker Records showcase his mastery of many instruments and styles of acoustic music, from hip-folk to country, slashing slide guitar blues to bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, ragtime and even classical.
He won the 1981 National Fingerpicking Guitar Competition and the 1982 International Autoharp Contest. Yet he's also a solid flatpicker who has won the Beanblossom bluegrass guitar contest, a versatile and engaging singer, a powerful lyricist, prolific composer, arranger and songwriter, a solid mandolin and bouzouki player, and a seasoned performer and entertainer. He recorded the first album ever of 6 & 12-string banjo music. His 1991 album Steel Drivin' Man, was chosen by Acoustic Guitar Magazine in 1996 as one of 10 Essential Folk CD's of all time, along with those of Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez and other hallowed names. His music was included in the blockbuster BBC TV show Musical Tour of Scotland, and Reid was featured in the Rhino Records Acoustic Music of the 90's collection, along with a "who's who" line-up of other artists including Richard Thompson, Jerry Garcia & Leo Kottke.
You'll find elements of the traditional troubadour, the modern poet-songwriter, the American back-porch picker, the classical virtuoso, and a bit of Will Rogers-style dry humor and satire. You'll hear folk, country, classical, , ragtimeblues, rockabilly, Celtic, bluegrass, and popular music influences. Reid has a vast repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs, and weaves them seamlessly together with his own compositions and wry humor.
Don't miss a chance to hear Harvey Reid in concert.
Workshop - "Wonders and Mysteries of the Partial Capo" - Sunday, April 3, 1:00 - 3:00 PM, Stutzman's Guitar Center, 4405 West Ridge Road, Greece. $17 in advance; $20 on day of workshop
Workshop tickets available at Stutzman's, Lehmann strings,
RochesterGuitarClub.com or at 585-264-0848
If you have never played a note on the guitar in your life but wish you could, if you know someone who does, if you are a singer or songwriter who needs some new guitar directions, or if you have been playing for many years and could use a jolt of fresh ideas-- you will be amazed to find out about all the hidden music that can be found in your guitar with a partial capo. For the same reasons you would use different tunings, you can instantly play a world of new music with the skills you have now.
Harvey Reid is one of the acoustic guitar's most respected musicians, and he has been exploring the partial capo for over 35 years, creating new songs and instrumental music with them. He will take you through an overview of this world, show you how the 16 different types of partial capos work, and how you can start using one in your music to do things you'd never thought possible.