Suzy and Del Rey will be team teaching (ONLINE) at Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop (Aug. 3-7) and we also will both be performing live at Fort Worden on Sat. Aug. 7 -- we'll teach a repertoire class together and will focus on four songs, Suzy teaching them on easy guitar and fiddle, Del teaching advanced fingerstyle guitar and ukulele.
NEW! Eric has started an online guitar class: Flatpicking Fundamentals. Eric says: "It illustrates the way I developed my bluegrass guitar chops back 60 years ago. I'll share the runs, licks, breaks, and technique exercises that I worked on (obsessively) in my teens. Breaking things down, we'll drill at slow and moderate speeds. It will be on Zoom, so I'll be able to answer questions and make clarifications."
WE'll post here when Eric starts another series of Flatpicking Fundamentals.
The first series was on Wednesdays, May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2:00 - 2:30 PM PDT. Tuition is $75, which includes the four sessions, plus a bonus: a CD reissue of Eric's 1978 “Bluegrass Guitar” LP, which features David Grisman, Tony Rice, and Jody Stecher with two added bonus cuts.
For more details, email Eric.
WE'll post here when Eric starts another series of Flatpicking Fundamentals.
The first series was on Wednesdays, May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2:00 - 2:30 PM PDT. Tuition is $75, which includes the four sessions, plus a bonus: a CD reissue of Eric's 1978 “Bluegrass Guitar” LP, which features David Grisman, Tony Rice, and Jody Stecher with two added bonus cuts.
For more details, email Eric.
CORONAVIRUS update:
Our in-person classes and lessons are cancelled, but Eric is available for guitar and mandolin lessons on Zoom. He is a very patient and experienced instructor. Email Eric for more info. Suzy is not giving private lessons at this time.
About Suzy's String Band Blues Workshop - please note that this workshop is on hiatus during the pandemic. Not sure when it will start up again.
We’ll learn and arrange vocal songs and a few instrumentals, with the repertoire drawn from the jug band, black country blues and hillbilly blues artists of the 1920’s and 1930s, like the Memphis Jug Band, the Mississippi Sheiks, Bessie Smith, East Texas Serenaders, and lesser known (but equally wonderful) artists. We work directly from the source material, (provided in advance, along with lyric sheets.) Suzy chooses the material based on the instruments in the class, and will consider all requests, either for specific songs or artists. This music is a lot of fun to play as a group, and there’s almost no limit to the number of musicians that can play it together!
Any instrument is welcome - guitar, fiddle, ukulele, mandolin, bass, harmonica, etc. at an intermediate-ish level. You should have some facility on your instrument - be able to change chords easily (if you play a chord instrument) and be open to learning by ear. Advanced beginners who are game to try something new, or want to explore the world of blues and rags on the fiddle or mandolin, are also welcome. Suzy will adapt the material according to the levels of the players. We do a lot of singing so if you don’t play an instrument but want to join the class, bring your kazoo!
Summer 2021 - CAMPS
It looks like the camps that one or the other (or both) of us were going to be teaching at in summer 2021 are CANCELLED due to Coronavirus. The good news is that in 2022, we will be at all of those camps, which include Kamp Kaufman, Montana Fiddle Camp, Fiddlekids, Voice Works, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Week and Puget Sound Guitar Workshop.
Our in-person classes and lessons are cancelled, but Eric is available for guitar and mandolin lessons on Zoom. He is a very patient and experienced instructor. Email Eric for more info. Suzy is not giving private lessons at this time.
About Suzy's String Band Blues Workshop - please note that this workshop is on hiatus during the pandemic. Not sure when it will start up again.
We’ll learn and arrange vocal songs and a few instrumentals, with the repertoire drawn from the jug band, black country blues and hillbilly blues artists of the 1920’s and 1930s, like the Memphis Jug Band, the Mississippi Sheiks, Bessie Smith, East Texas Serenaders, and lesser known (but equally wonderful) artists. We work directly from the source material, (provided in advance, along with lyric sheets.) Suzy chooses the material based on the instruments in the class, and will consider all requests, either for specific songs or artists. This music is a lot of fun to play as a group, and there’s almost no limit to the number of musicians that can play it together!
Any instrument is welcome - guitar, fiddle, ukulele, mandolin, bass, harmonica, etc. at an intermediate-ish level. You should have some facility on your instrument - be able to change chords easily (if you play a chord instrument) and be open to learning by ear. Advanced beginners who are game to try something new, or want to explore the world of blues and rags on the fiddle or mandolin, are also welcome. Suzy will adapt the material according to the levels of the players. We do a lot of singing so if you don’t play an instrument but want to join the class, bring your kazoo!
Summer 2021 - CAMPS
It looks like the camps that one or the other (or both) of us were going to be teaching at in summer 2021 are CANCELLED due to Coronavirus. The good news is that in 2022, we will be at all of those camps, which include Kamp Kaufman, Montana Fiddle Camp, Fiddlekids, Voice Works, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Week and Puget Sound Guitar Workshop.