Posts filed under 'FJ Issue 4'
We don’t get away from our computers too often, but we’re pleased to announce a special concert that we’re presenting at Seattle’s Egan’s Jam House on Sunday, March 25. Guitarist Skip Heller, the author of our Winter issue cover story on John Hartford (and the subject of a story in one of our first issues), will be playing two sets with his jazz organ trio … Admission will be $10.00 to either set. A couple FJ correspondents will be on-hand, we’ll have some fun giveaways featuring Fretboard Journal merch, and perhaps a special guest (or two).
The venue is fairly small and often sells out, so you may want to call ahead and reserve a table.
The Skip Heller Trio
March 25, 7 and 9pm
Tickets: $10.00
@ Egan’s Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: 206-789-1621
March 19th, 2007
Danny Barnes, who interviewed Bill Frisell in issue 4, will be teaching at the Midwest Banjo Camp this June. The lineup of other teachers is pretty amazing and includes, among others, bluegrass pickers Alan Munde and Bill Evans, old-time players Mike Seeger and Ken Perlman and classical banjo player Clark Buehling. The schedule is still being updated, so you should keep checking in at the camp site to see who’s been added to the roster.-MJS
March 5th, 2007
In issue 4 I reviewed John King’s two books Selected U.S. Trademarks & Patents
for
Ukuleles, Banjo Ukuleles, and Accessories and The Hawaiian Ukulele and Guitar Makers
:1884 to 1930. Since then, I’ve received a number of requests about where to get them. If you’re interested in raising your UQ (ukulele quotient), you can order them from John’s Nalu Music site. While you’re there, you should poke around. He has some very good historical information about the early days of the ukulele.-MJS
January 9th, 2007
This is an embarrassing mistake. In issue 4 we inadvertently credited Tom Wheeler as the author of The PRS Guitar Book. Tom Wheeler wrote the foreword, not the entire book. Dave Burrluck, the real author wrote me a gracious e-mail pointing out my mistake. He also mentioned that he has just finished revising the book and that the new edition should be out in the next few months. I apologize to Dave for the error and urge you all to buy the new version of his book.-MJS
January 2nd, 2007
In issue 4, Todd Lunneborg wrote a great article about the Minnesota luthiers that inspired him to become a builder himself. (Those are his guitars in the photo.) Todd interviewed Brian Applegate, Kevin Ryan, Michael Keller, James Olson and Charles Hoffman. You should check out the luthier’s websites for photos of some beautiful guitars and an extra treat or two. Olson’s site, for instance, includes a video gallery of pickers like James Taylor, Chet Atkins and Leo Kottke playing, well, Olson guitars. Hoffman and Ryan both include photo essays on how they build guitars and Keller’s site includes an interview he conducted in 1978 with renowned luthier Richard Schneider. Also, Keller’s site has a very cool Easter egg. To see it, go to his opening page, scroll right until you see six guitar strings. If you roll your cursor over the strings, it should turn into a pick. Strum each string three time and you’ll get to see some famous luthiers goofing off.-MJS
January 1st, 2007
Skip Heller, who wrote the cover story about John Hartford for our 4th issue, sent me this link to a video of a recording session he did with his trio at the famous Sun Studios. The record he’s working on will be called Along the Anchor Line and it should be out next spring on Ropeadope Records. You’ll be able to pick it up from CD Baby when it’s released.-MJS
November 20th, 2006
In issue 4 I wrote about the story of how Andres Segovia’s first Hauser was stolen and recovered, but I mistakenly stated that the guitar had recently sold. Trilogy Guitars tells me that they still have the guitar for sale and that you can check out photos of the instrument along with some history about it here. I apologize for the error.-MJS (Photo of the Hauser’s label courtesy of Trilogy Guitars.)
November 19th, 2006
In our 4th issue, banjo picker Danny Barnes conducted a great interview with Bill Frisell. Well, imagine my surprise when I checked out his webpage and found out that not only is Barnes a fan of John Hartford, who graces the cover, but that Barnes used the banjo Hartford is holding on the cover to record a tune called “Waterways Journal.” Perhaps Barnes should work out an arrangement of “It’s a Small World.”-MJS
November 19th, 2006
