From Acoustic Guitar Magazine, May 1999, No. 77

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News RETURN TO TOP	The Mediterranean Music School has introduced a series of six-day fingerstyle guitar workshops on the Spanish island of Mallorca featuring Jacques Stotzem (May 22–29), Peppino D’Agostino (May 29–June 5), Peter Finger (Aug. 28–Sept. 4), and Ulli Bögershausen (Sept. 4–11). For information, contact the Mediterranean Music School, Mainzer Str. 143, D-71672 Marbach, Germany; fax (49) 7144-5987; www.med-music-school.com. Lowden Guitars has a new U.S. distributor: Lowden Guitar Co., 14950 F.A.A. Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76155; (800) 872-5856; fax (817) 685-5678; www.lowdenguitars.com.
Events RETURN TO TOP	The Open Strings Festival will take place in Osnabrück, Germany, May 14–15. This year’s festival will feature Tommy Emmanuel, Duo Assad, Jacques Stotzem, and Morning and Jim Nichols. For information, contact Acoustic Music Records, fax (49) 0541-70-86-67, acoustic-music@t-online.de. This year’s Old Songs Festival, to be held in Altamont, New York, June 25–27, highlights the acoustic guitar, with Beppe Gambetta, David Surette, Chris Newman, Robin and Linda Williams, and Josh White, Jr., among the per-formers. For information, call (518) 765-2815, email oldsongs@crisny.org or visit www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/oldsongs.
New Releases RETURN TO TOP	On May 18, Rhino Records will release King of the Cowboys: The Roy Rogers Box, a four-CD, 94-track box set that spans the singing cowboy’s entire recording career. The retrospective will contain many unreleased songs and include extensive liner notes. Sony/Legacy’s spring releases include two 30-song, two-CD sets, The Very Best of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash’s The Man in Black. Both collections feature the country legends’ most popular songs. Rhino has released The Best of Tom Paxton, a 26-song collection culled from the revered folk troubadour’s seven Elektra albums, originally released from 1964 to 1971. Mel Bay’s recent books include The Guitar of Tim Sparks, which features many of Sparks’ odd-meter fingerstyle pieces, and Jim Ferguson’s All Blues Soloing for Jazz Guitar, a follow-up to his well-received All Blues for Jazz Guitar: Comping Styles, Chords, and Grooves. Dan Erlewine has written Guitar Finishing Step-By-Step, the first book to deal exclusively with the details of finishing acoustic and solid-body guitars. The book is available from Stewart-MacDonald, (800) 848-2273.
In Memory RETURN TO TOP	Jimmy Domengeaux, guitarist with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, was killed in a motorcycle accident in southwestern Louisiana on January 25. He was 44 years old. Contributions to a trust fund for Domengeaux’s daughter can be made to: Murphy or Annie Domengeaux, 210 E. Bridge St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517.
Cyber Notes RETURN TO TOP	Musical America, the classically oriented "business center for the performing arts" has just posted a new Web site at www.musicalamerica.com that features searchable databases full of resource information on performing artists, managers, and venues. Rockabilly fans will be interested in the new Grady Martin and Bob Moore Fan Club. To receive the online newsletter, email Tommy Lovelace at tbl@2fords.net or visit the Rockabilly Hall of Fame at www.rockabillyhall.com. The 24-hour Internet radio show at www.solidgoldbluegrass.com is just what it says. The show’s "Guitar Hour" is broadcast twice a day at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. eastern time.

 

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