Dobro Intensive
Workshop:
July 10 -13, 2008
Fort Worden State Park
Port Townsend, WA
Register for the Dobro Intensive workshop.
Public Concert:
7:30pm July 12, 2008
Joseph F. Wheeler Theater
Fort Worden State Park
Port Townsend, WA
General Admission Seats: $16; 18 & under free
Purchase Tickets (donor sales begin April 15; general sales begin May 1)
You asked for it--you got it. A total immersion workshop with three master stylists, showcasing bluegrass, Hawaiian, old jazz, and eclectic dobro music.
Participants will meet each morning with the same instructor, as those classes will be incremental, designed to build on the previous day’s work. In the afternoon participants will have an opportunity to take classes from all the teachers, as well as one-on-one instruction and evaluation. We will also build some time into the schedule for practice and assimilation.
Cost: $550, includes tuition, housing and some seriously good food.
Faculty
Equally at home in myriad styles of music, Mike Neer made a name for himself playing Hawaiian steel guitar with the Moonlighters. Neer uses his knowledge of jazz and old-time Hawaiian music to great advantage by fusing them together, much in the same way that the early masters like Sol Hoopii and Benny Nawahi did. Mike still considers himself primarily a guitarist, although these days he’s returned to his roots of electric guitar.
Orville Johnson, the Artistic Director of Slide and Steel, came up in the St. Louis music scene, where he participated in a wide variety of blues, bluegrass, and American roots music. He moved to Seattle in 1978, where he was a founding member of the folk/rock group the Dynamic Logs. Johnson has played on over one hundred albums and released four recordings.
Don Rooke is often referred to as one of the top five acoustic slide players on the planet. The mastermind behind the Canadian rock band the Henrys, Rooke pushes the sonic and harmonic envelopes in an acoustic fashion. And as a musical composer, he’s in a class by himself.
Mike Witcher is a resonator guitarist who boasts a long list of credits both as a session player and as a sideman. He has performed with many artists, including Dolly Parton, Laurie Lewis, Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Tyler Hilton, and many others. His playing offers a strong contemporary sensibility balanced with a deep respect for tradition.
This experience will be limited to no more than 24 participants.
