NEWS - NEW RELEASES - EVENTS - IN MEMORY -CYBER NOTES
After a five-year hiatus, Taylor Guitars is once again taking custom orders. Taylor-heads can now engage their wildest fantasies or peruse lists of optional features and decorative elements to construct the Taylor guitar of their dreams. All orders must be placed with local Taylor dealers.
Jimmie Rodgers was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on September 21. Steve Earle, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ricky Skaggs, John Prine, Iris DeMent, and Guy Clark were among those celebrating the Singing Brakeman in song.
Tony Rice has returned to the stage after breaking his collarbone in an automobile accident in May. While he continues to have problems with his voice, he will be making appearances as the world's most scene-stealing sideman with Peter Rowan, Norman Blake, and others.
Taj Mahal and his band recently enjoyed a busman's holiday in Hawaii on the set of a new Harrison Ford movie tentatively titled Six Days, Seven Nights. Hopefully the band will survive the editor's blade and be seen on screen as the local bar band.
Red House Records and Appleseed Recordings have recently joined forces. Scottish guitarist Dick Gaughan's first recording in eight years, Sail On, signals the initial harvest of this union, while future releases will include a three-volume tribute to the songs of Pete Seeger performed by the likes of Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Bruce Cockburn, Jackson Browne, the Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Nanci Griffith, Roger McGuinn, Odetta, and Tim Robbins.
The Acoustic Musician's Guide to Sound Reinforcement and Live Recording, by Mike Sokol, was recently published by Jerome Headlands Press (PO Box N, Jerome, AZ 86331).
Creative Concepts Publishing has issued the first book of Ottmar Liebert's music, transcribed from his million-selling album Nouveau Flamenco. To order by mail, call (800) 222-9745.
Dan Crary joins the winter revelers with his latest release, Holiday Guitar, on Sugar Hill Records.
A missing piece of the Kate and Anna McGarrigle oeuvre has been reissued by Hannibal/ Rykodisc. Love Over and Over was originally released in Canada and the U.K. in 1982 but enjoyed only a limited vinyl release in the U.S.
Laurence Juber and Preston Reed celebrated the release of their new CD, Groovemasters, Vol. 1, on Solid Air Records with a concert at Café Milano in Nashville. The concert was videotaped for future release by Homespun/Hal Leonard.
Flatpickers will once again descend upon Maryville, Tennessee, next June 7&endash;14 for Steve Kaufman's Flatpicking Camp. Instructors include Curtis Burch, Dan Crary, Pat Flynn, Beppe Gambetta, Kaufman, Robin Kessinger, and Tim Stafford. For information, call (800) FLATPIK.
Fishing enthusiasts who are looking for an intimate guitar instruction experience should try the Wind River Guitar School, an in-home, week-long, small-group class with guitarist Mike Dowling in scenic DuBois, Wyoming. For details: (307) 455-3748, www.mikedowling.com.
The Nashville Entertainment Association holds its 13th annual conference February 18&endash;21, 1998. Past performers have included Steve Earle, Robyn Hitchcock, and Gillian Welch. Contact NEA at (615) 327-4308, www.extravaganza.org.
Following the release of her first Teldec CD, Journey to the Amazon, Sharon Isbin will join Herb Ellis, Michael Hedges, and Rory Block for the second leg of the Guitar Summit tour of the U.S. in February and March 1998.
Renowned acoustic bassist Roy Huskey Jr. lost his fight with cancer on September 6. His huge tone and driving pulse made Huskey one of Nashville's busiest session musicians. He also performed regularly with artists like John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, and Peter Rowan, and won IBMA's Bass Player of the Year award numerous times. Donations can be made to the Huskey family at 1403 Ardee Ave., Nashville, TN 37216.
J'Open Mike Presents (www. pseudo.com/netcast/shows/ jopen/linkframe.html) is a new online radio show featuring interviews and performances by "unplugged" indie rock artists. The program is based in New York's East Village, and cyber-surfers are encouraged to log on and participate (is there such a thing as E-heckling?).
Ever wanted to hear Bach played on five-string banjo over the Internet? Check out www. bullardintl.com/music/index. html.
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