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Saturday September 18, 2010
Yellow Dog Records recording artist Mary Flower is renowned for a uniquely personal vision of roots music that blends ragtime, acoustic blues, and folk -technically dazzling yet grounded in the down-to-earth simplicity of early 20th century American music. With eight albums under her belt, Flower has earned rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for her unassuming vocals, but it's her instrumental skill -a mastery of the difficult Piedmont blues guitar that takes most players a lifetime to hone -for which Flower is most celebrated. Her fingerpicking forms the basis of a heavily syncopated, ragtime-based style wherein the thumb plucks a strong rhythmic base as the fingers etch out the melody. Mary also excels at lap slide guitar, allowing her to infuse songs with a supremely delicate, plaintive sound that's hers alone while recalling the blues giants of the past. Guitar WorkshopFingerpicking Blues, Ragtime and Beyond Mary’s four decades of performing and teaching have armed her with a wealth of information on how to play (and teach) fingerstyle blues and ragtime music. In this workshop, Mary will focus on turnarounds, patterns and options for lead playing for the fingerstyle player. Mary Flower is an award-winning guitarist, singer and lap-slide player from Portland, OR. A Blues Music Award nominee and twice a finalist at the International Finger-picking Guitar Championship, she has recorded 8 CDs and 5 instructional DVDs. http://MaryFlower.com |
