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		<title>Tommy Emmanuel</title>
		<link>http://fingerstyleguitar.ca/2012/04/20/frank-vignola-march-29-30-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tommy Emmanuel is the most trend-setting guitarist of our time.  With his charismatic personally, reminiscent of Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant, and his simply untouchable virtuosity, Tommy draws his listeners into a vortex of musical happiness from they are content never to escape. His unusual talent and life are common lore in Australia. Born into a musical family, Tommy and his older brother Phil were considered child prodigies. Tommy got his first guitar at age 4 and was taught by his mother. He learned by ear, with no formal instruction, and has never read music. By the age of 6, he was already working as a professional musician in the family band, variously named The Emmanuel Quartet, The Midget Surfaries and The Trailblazers. Tommy played rhythm guitar and his older brother Phil played lead, along with their brother Chris on drums and sister Virginia on slide guitar. The Emmanuel siblings earned the family’s sole income for several years. Tommy doesn’t remember such responsibility as a hardship: “I’ve spent all my life from the age of four playing music and entertaining people. I never wanted to do anything else.” By age 10, Emmanuel had played his way across Australia. In 1962, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Vignola Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Vignola, one the most entertaining &#8220;Jazz&#8221; guitarists on the planet, conducted a workshop on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, and then performed two sold out concerts on Thursday, March 29 and Friday, March 30, 2012. If you were at one of the concerts and/or workshop, tell us what you thought.]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Bruce Keener</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought it might be interesting to write a series of posts introducing Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Fans to some interesting (although not necessarily well known), guitar enthusiasts I have crossed paths with in my exploration of this great genre of guitar playing. For this post, I would like you to meet Bruce Keener.  I have not actually met Bruce in person yet, but I sure know him through his many posts on a discussion board I frequent called &#8220;The Chetboard&#8221; and through his YouTube Channel &#8220;drkeener&#8221; (he&#8217;s not really a doctor but a lot of his friends call him &#8220;Doctor Keener&#8221;). Right away you can tell the kind of person he is as he defines himself by what is really important: &#8220;Retired in 2006 after almost 40 years of work. Widower with two children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.&#8221; Of course, Bruce has a a long list of professional accomplishments but, to the above I will only add that he is a great Blogger, an incredibly knowledgeable Chet Fan &#8211; as well as about music in general &#8211; and a real fine picker! What attracts me to Bruce&#8217;s playing is that he plays tunes as &#8220;Bruce Keener&#8221;, not as &#8220;Bruce-Keener-Trying-To-Play-Like-Whoever&#8221;.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Rafferty Review</title>
		<link>http://fingerstyleguitar.ca/2011/09/16/adam-rafferty-concert-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From his opening number, Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8220;Superstition&#8221; to his closing number, Lennon &#38; McCartney&#8217;s &#8220;She&#8217;s Leaving Home&#8221;, Adam Rafferty completely captivated the sold out audience at Chalkers Pub on Thursday, September 15, 2011. Rafferty is not a &#8220;naval-gazer&#8221; guitarist &#8211; not only does he stand, he almost dances to his own funky grooves while playing &#8211; however, the depth of his musicianship was always front and center. For example, his first ballad of the evening was a stunningly intricate rendition Bonnie Raitt&#8217;s &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Make You Love Me&#8221;, which, Adam pointed out, was proof that even NFL defensive linemen have a sensitive side (the song was co-written by Mike Reid who played for the Cincinnati Bengals).  He also pre-ambled this tune with a story of how, after playing it for one of his heros, Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy encouraged him by telling him that this was exactly the kind of tune you need to play in order to touch people. Throughout the evening, the musical tributes paid were not only proof that there is nothing one-dimensional about his musical talent, but that, more important, he has a definite musical identity all his own. &#8220;The Boogie Man&#8221; was a combined tribute to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Richard Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Smith was born in Beckenham, Kent, England in 1971. One day, at the age of five, Richard was watching his father fingerpick “Down South Blues” (an Atkins-Travis recording) on his guitar. The boy begged his dad to show him how to play it, and finally he did. Despite the fact that Richard is left-handed and his dad’s right-handed guitar was not designed for tiny hands, by the end of that day, Richard learned and played both the chords and the melody. Within no time, the toddler outstripped his dad’s six-string prowess and it was clear to all who saw or heard him play that Richard was one of those rare phenomena &#8212; a child prodigy. Concentrating initially on the music his father loved – the country picking of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis – young Richard digested everything he heard, learning even the most complicated of these tunes with ease, and confounded everyone with his dexterity. It seemed that, not only did the boy possess amazing physical skill, but a photographic musical memory as well. Often, a single hearing was all it took to get a piece under his fingers. Richard first met his hero, the “Godfather” of finger [...]]]></description>
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