Friday & Saturday Night

     This weekend {tonight and Sat. night} are two great concerts in Salisbury...

   

• From Asheville, fingerstyle guitarist David Wilcox will play tonight at the brand new Lee Street Theater in Salisbury.  TIckets are still available... go to : www.leestreet.org OR call : 704.310.5507

Check it out @ : https://www.facebook.com/events/634617296601333/

• SANDY HOFFMAN "live" on Saturday 8pm @ THE INN (Salisbury's Best Kept Secret).. FREE Show.. 

Check it out @ : https://www.facebook.com/groups/74243344788/ 

Great Guitarist Gigs

    GUITAR GIGS will update you on a lot of the area performances, especially from great guitar players & pickers.   Our Guitar Class has gone as a group to many of these performances in the past;  check back frequently to find out what "gigs" are coming up soon in this area.. and then go with us!

  Just a few of the past guitar performances that we have attended and enjoyed :

• Wayne Henderson (bluegrass picker from Virginia)

• Muriel Anderson (fingerstyle guitarist from Nashville)  

• Pat Terry (singer/songwriter from Atlanta, GA) 

• Richard Smith (fingerstyle guitarist from Nashville) 

• David Wilcox (guitarist from Asheville, NC) 

• Sandy Hoffman (songwriter/ guitarist from Santa Fe, NM)

   Click on the ABOVE LINKS to the web sites of these great guitarists ; they all have many guitar videos on YouTube where you can enjoy their music. 

   So- keep coming back to GUITAR GIGS to learn more about upcoming concerts!

Richard Smith / In Concert

RICHARD SMITH {see below} is performing "LIVE" in Concert with his wife JULIE ADAMS {on cello} on Tuesday, Jan. 14 @ 7pm, at the Rowan Public Library.   Admission is FREE.

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RICHARD SMITH / "In Concert" @ Rowan Public Library

Tuesday, January 14

 

    Richard Smith & wife JULIE ADAMS performed last night at Rowan Public Library to a full packed house of almost 100 concert-goers.  Richard and Julie performed two sets, consisting of over 20 songs of all styles and genres. 

    I was also privileged to get to hear Richard back in October 2013, and to help bring him to Salisbury.

    The crowd was amazed and mesmerized by Richard's amazing hand & finger dexterity, as he played numerous guitar solos with a mix of blinding speed and artful creativity, exercising total control over the fretboard.

   Julie also gave us a wonderful performance, accompanying Richard's guitar on the cello and vocals.  The couple received applause and laughter throughout their performance, which concluded with "Happy Trails" and a standing ovation from the audience.

   Here is a Set List of Richard and Julie's Concert last night :

1. Beatles medley- Day Tripper, For No One, Something, & Lady Madonna

2. Cole Porter medley.

3. The Gentle Mating (Irish folk tune)

4. Would You Like to Play the Guitar? (original)

5. Cascade- Chet Atkins fingerpicking tune

6. Seems Like Old Times

7. The Watkins Man (Chet Atkins)

8. Simple Melody (Irving Berlin)

9. Strut- (either Merle Travis or Jerry Reed)

--INTERMISSION--

10. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (Merle Travis)

11. Stardust- (Hogey Carmichael)

12. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

13. Jerry Reed medley

14. Tennessee Waltz (victrola style)

15. Spanish Eyes

16. Tiger Rag

17. A Thing Called Love

18. The Happy Blues (original)

19. Yankee Doodle / Dixie

20. Happy Trails

 

Three Great Guitarists