A Lap Slide/Hindustani Slide Guitar WORKSHOP with HARRY MANX

Tuesday , July 11, 2006
05:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Elderly Instruments
workshop ($30.00)

First, here's evidence of Harry Manx's high "wow" factor:

"He wowed the near-capacity audience. A consummate professional and first rate musician, Harry blew the audience away with...blues, jazz, and folk. He is a virtuoso," wrote Kevin Tobin, Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Manager.

"Harry Manx always delivers the 'wow' factor and has certainly been a highlight of our festivals and concert presentations over the past few years," wrote Norm Casler, Director, Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival Society.

Second, lest we forget: Harry is AGAIN scheduled to play at The Creole Gallery--around the corner from Elderly on Turner Street in Old Town. Harry will be accompanied in concert by young Steve Marriner, a talented blues-harmonica player, on Monday evening, July 10. Tickets for the concert are on sale at Elderly.

Last--but NOT least!--Harry Manx is offering a "Lap Slide / Hindustani Slide Guitar Workshop" at Elderly on Tuesday, July 10, 2006, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. This hands-on workshop was developed for ALL levels of "players who have some--any--experience with lap slide guitar," Harry explains. The workshop requires only that you have a "basic ability to play slide--any kind of slide."

The class will cover playing lap-style, playing in open D tuning, slide technique, and right- and left-hand tips and techniques. Harry will work with all levels of lap slide guitar players. [Note for those budding harmonica players out there: Harry's harmonica-playing accompanist Steve Marriner is holding a blues-harmonica workshop at Elderly at the same time as Harry's lap slide guitar workshop. See adjacent event.]

With his mohan veena, a 20-string Indian slide guitar, Harry has been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West, as he travels the world creating and sharing musical stories that wed the western tradition of the blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. Blending Indian folk melodies with blues, a sprinkle of gospel, and compelling grooves, his "mysticssippi" flavor is hard to resist and easy to digest.

His latest CD, Mantras for Madmen, received a 2006 Juno Award nomination in the Roots & Traditional category.

"Harry Manx was the hands-down favorite at the 2003 Juan de Fuca Festival. Folks followed him from stage to stage because of his excellent musicianship and audience rapport." - Anna Manildi, Juan de Fuca Festival Director.

"Manx may just be one of the most interesting and innovative instrumentalists you will ever get to see with his cross cultural blues." - Brent Hagerman, Echo Magazine, Ontario, Canada.

"Given his multi-instrumental talents--mohan veena, banjo, slide guitar, and harmonica--Manx offers as much to the typical folk festival audience as he does to a discerning crowd at a blues festival." - Sing Out! Magazine

Check out recordings we carry featuring Harry Manx