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Events
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The 1999 Guitar Foundation of America convention will be
held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina,
October 25–30. For more information, call Marc Regnier at (843)
953-1413 or email regnierm@cofc.edu.
The Gamble Rogers Folk Festival will invade the Gamble Rogers
Middle School in St. Augustine, Florida, April 30–May 2. The festival
features fingerstyle guitar and storytelling competitions and performances
by Arlo Guthrie, Robin and Linda Williams, and many others. For
information, call (904) 471-8954.
Robert Ruck and Kenny Hill have collaborated on a
new productionline classical guitar, the LaMancha, designed by
Ruck and built by the Hill Guitar Co. For more information, call
Jerry Roberts Guitars, (800) 775-0650.
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New
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The Bad Livers’ first recording, Dust on the Bible,
an all-gospel effort that was recorded in 1991 as a Christmas gift
for Danny Barnes’ family, has been issued on CD by Quarterstick,
(773) 388-8888.
Homespun Tapes’ latest videos include The Slide Guitar of Kelly
Joe Phelps: Techniques, Arrangements, and Improvisation
and Steve James’ Blues/Roots Guitar. For information,
call (800) 338-2737 or visit www.homespuntapes.com.
The success of Ry Cooder’s Buena Vista Social Club
(over a million sold worldwide) prompted the release in 1998 of
CDs by Compay Segundo (Lo Mejor de la Vida, Gasa/Nonesuch)
and Ruben Gonzales (Introducing Ruben Gonzales, World Circuit/Nonesuch).
Related projects scheduled for release in 1999 include a CD by Ibrahim
Ferrer produced by Ry Cooder for World Circuit, a second solo album
by Gonzales on World Circuit, and a documentary feature film by
Wim Wenders.
MIDI Classics’ new MIDI Classics Guitar Study Pack includes
over 510 classical guitar studies by Sor, Giuliani, Carcassi,
Aguado, Tárrega, and Segovia. For information, call (800)
787-6434 or go to www.midi-classics.com.
Signature Sounds ([800] 694-5354, www.signature-sounds.com)
has released a two-CD compilation of 27 Boston-based singer-songwriters
to benefit Respond, Inc., a domestic violence service organization.
Artists on Respond include Patty Larkin, Catie Curtis, Mary Lou
Lord, and Jennifer Kimball.
Waiting to see if your vintage guitar is doing better than
your mutual fund? The sixth edition of the Vintage Guitar Magazine
Price Guide is now available from Vintage Guitar Books/Hal Leonard.
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In Memory
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Masaru Kohno, founder and former president of the Gendai
Guitar Co. and president of Kohno Guitar Manufacturing, passed away
on December 13 in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 72.
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Cyber Notes
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Sheet music collectors will love the Library of Congress’ online
archive of 45,000 songs registered between 1870 (the year that Congress
established the Library of Congress as the sole agency for copyright
registration) and 1885. Go to memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html.
Immerse yourself in Bob at www.bobdylan.com.
The site contains a catalog of officially released Dylan
albums and songs and a searchable database of his published lyrics,
accompanied by 45-second audio clips from official recordings of
each song.
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