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gtrmon
Gtrmon
NEWS
November 9
IBC FUNDRAISER: for The Little Ivory Blues Band on Sunday, November
9th from 3pm to 7pm. Also featuring are the BSCP 2009 winners of our
IBC Contest: The Don Johnson Project & Don Judy (solo) at the
V.F.W. – 747 N. Front Street in Steelton. Tickets are $10 (see a
board member) and includes a buffet dinner & a cash bar. All
proceeds from this event will go to the Little Ivory Blues Band to
help with their costs to travel to Memphis.
IBC FUNDRAISER: for The Little Ivory Blues Band on Sunday, November
9th from 3pm to 7pm. Also featuring are the BSCP 2009 winners of our
IBC Contest: The Don Johnson Project & Don Judy (solo) at the
V.F.W. – 747 N. Front Street in Steelton. Tickets are $10 (see a
board member) and includes a buffet dinner & a cash bar. All
proceeds from this event will go to the Little Ivory Blues Band to
help with their costs to travel to Memphis.
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You'll be hearing mostly solo acoustic or electric
guitar, country blues based. Or other stuff. Fingerpicked for the most part. I like guys like Merle Travis, Blind Blake, Bill Williams, Larry Johnson, Gary Davis, Fred McDowell and other old country blues players and early jazz guys like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang.
guitar, country blues based. Or other stuff. Fingerpicked for the most part. I like guys like Merle Travis, Blind Blake, Bill Williams, Larry Johnson, Gary Davis, Fred McDowell and other old country blues players and early jazz guys like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang.
Why this name?
Gtrmon is an old handle from Qlink
Do you play live?
Appearing before the public since 1970 mostly
in South Central Pennsyldutchia.
in South Central Pennsyldutchia.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Commercial music has to compete with free
music as distribution starts to become
point to point. This should add diversity
to the pool of artists signed by major
labels.
music as distribution starts to become
point to point. This should add diversity
to the pool of artists signed by major
labels.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
It's an ad hoc world, anything is possible.
Band History:
Born in the '50s, playing blues, ragtime and
all the Great American Musics since the '60s.
I am still playing songs I wrote 30 or more
years ago because people still ask for them.
all the Great American Musics since the '60s.
I am still playing songs I wrote 30 or more
years ago because people still ask for them.
Your influences?
Blind Blake, Merle Travis, Josh White, Bill Williams, Larry Johnson Dave Van Ronk, Rudi Protrudi, Boardwalk Bob Thompson. I should mention rockabilly/jazz guitarist Bill Fischer too, as all my friends I stole from learned from him. When I hear influence in my own playing it's mostly Bill Williams, Larry Johnson and Josh White, early on I learned off of Dave Van Ronk records.
Favorite spot?
Anywhere my family is, which at present would be
Chambersburg, PA, Lock Haven, PA and New Cumberland, PA.
Chambersburg, PA, Lock Haven, PA and New Cumberland, PA.
Equipment used:
Currently playing a Samick Greg Bennett Design
Lasalle JZ4 archtop with a floating pickup.
Lasalle JZ4 archtop with a floating pickup.