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Jan. 6, 2010
Hawaii comes to Hood River
Hood
River will get to see a bit of sun and
warmth in the form of music from Hawaii
this January. Not one, but two Hawaiian slack-key/fingerstyle
guitarists will be in town on Jan. 15, and after all this rain and
snow, I’m sure looking forward to this.
One of the players, Adam
Werner, uses a pretty rare form of the guitar – the Harp Guitar.
In all my days, I’m pretty sure that except for some TV or video,
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone seriously play one. I’ve only
seen a few in museums (the Martin Guitar Factory Display Room
comes to mind) and you’re sure to find a picture of one in the
“American Reader’s Digest Compendium and World Book Encyclopedic
Photographic History of String Instruments and Related Objects.”
Invariably, there will be a photo taken in 1857 of a rural
Appalachian String Band Ensemble that consisted of mandolins,
violins, mandolas, octave mandolas, sub-octave tenor guitars, a
mando-bass, a 12-string bouzuki, and of course, a homemade Harp
Guitar.
I don’t think Harp guitars
originated in Hawaii,
but it sure is interesting that this eclectic instrument has
travelled overseas to the Big
Island.
It’s just more proof that no
matter what instrument you play, its musical origins can be traced
back through the ages, and beyond.
Or, at least back to 1857.
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Chris Yeaton and Adam Werner will be at the
Columbia
Center
for the Arts on Friday, Jan. 15, at
7:30
p.m.
Tickets are $15 available at Waucoma Bookstore.
Read an interview
with Chris and Adam
here:
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