I had the privilege of seeing George Van Eps play in duet with Tony
Ricci while on his last California tour. I went to see him with my
friend, Eddie Duran, who is also a master jazz guitarist. Van Eps was
amazing. I felt sorry for Tony Ricci who is an amazing jazz guitarist in
his own right. The audience was there to see Van Eps and when Tony would
play, everybody was just waiting for George to play again. They took a
break and Van Eps, who knew Eddie Duran, came over to our table. Eddie
had been recording the concert on his walkman and, when George came to
our table, Eddie shoved his mic in George's face and said, "Who do you
listen to?" as a joke. George immediately went into his shtick saying
with all seriousness, "I don't listen to guitarists, I listen to piano
players..." He was fond of referring to the guitar as a "lap piano".
I've been on the first ten pages of "Harmonic Mechanisms, Vol. I" for
the last twenty years. There are some great videos of George playing on
youtube.
Gary
On 2015-03-14 15:06, Rob MacKillop wrote:
There's a link on my website, Dan:
http://robmackillop.net/george-van-eps-method-for-guitar/
Rob
www.robmackillop.net
On 14 Mar 2015, at 21:30, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote:
Alright, alright- I'm not sayin' nuthin- but I never knew G. van Eps
had a method; is it easily found/avialable via the google? He's a hero
of mine because of the 7 string business. Love my 7 string
steel-string, and am annoyed that my classical is only 6.
DAN
On 3/14/2015 12:27 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote:
Can I call a halt to this now? I appreciate it, but enough already!
Everyone get back to work...
Rob
www.robmackillop.net
On 14 Mar 2015, at 19:15, Edward Martin <edvihuel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Ron,
That was a tremendous tribute to Rob, ad I cannot think of a
person
more deserving of it.A I visited Rob for a few days last summer,
and
he was enthusiastic, kind, a wonderful person and fantastic
musician.A
I cannot say enough good things about him.
ed
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Christopher Stetson
<[1]christophertstet...@gmail.com> wrote:
A A Thanks, Ron, for your observations, and a hearty confirmation
of
all
A A you say about Rob.
A A Be well, everyone, and keep playing.
A A Chris.
A A On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Rob MacKillop
A A <[1][2]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote:
A A A Ha. Thanks to Ron for that surprise. Right back at you,
sir!
A A A Lang may your lum reek - long may there be smoke coming
from
your
A A A chimney :-)
A A A Rob
A A A [2][3]www.robmackillop.net
A A > On 14 Mar 2015, at 16:14, Rockford Mjos
<[3][4]rockype...@comcast.net>
A A wrote:
A A >
A A > I also raise my glass to Rob a to his musicianship and
countless
A A contributions!
A A >
A A > (Though I'm not sure what a reeking lum might be.)
A A >
A A > a Rocky
A A >
A A >> On Mar 14, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Ron Andrico
<[4][5]praelu...@hotmail.com>
A A wrote:
A A >>
A A >>AA We have posted our Saturday morning quote, this week
from
the
A A Burwell
A A >>AA manuscript extolling the virtues of a particular
musician.
A A >>AA [1][5][6]http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
A A >>AA Ron & Donna
A A >>
A A >>AA --
A A >>
A A >> References
A A >>
A A >>AA 1. [6][7]http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
A A >>
A A >>
A A >> To get on or off this list see list information at
A A >>
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A A >
A A >
A A >
A A --
References
A A 1. mailto:[9]robmackil...@gmail.com
A A 2. [10]http://www.robmackillop.net/
A A 3. mailto:[11]rockype...@comcast.net
A A 4. mailto:[12]praelu...@hotmail.com
A A 5. [13]http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
A A 6. [14]http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
A A 7. [15]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. mailto:christophertstet...@gmail.com
2. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com
3. http://www.robmackillop.net/
4. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net
5. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com
6. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
7. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
9. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com
10. http://www.robmackillop.net/
11. mailto:rockype...@comcast.net
12. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com
13. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
14. http://wp.me/p15OyV-186
15. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
