I am primarily known as a “Celtic Guitar Player”- meaning that I play a lot of traditional celtic tunes and songs arranged for solo guitar. The tunes are drawn from long-standing traditional sources from the UK, Ireland, France, Cape Breton, Quebec and Ontario and elsewhere. I also like to arrange and perform songs and I do quite a few vocals. I compose for the guitar as well and am told that my compositions have a Celtic inspired feel to them.
I have done lot of playing music for:
Anniversaries, Weddings, Community & Corporate Events and Music Festivals, Highland Games, Robbie Burns Dinners, St Patrick's Day, Pubs, Scotch Nosings, Private Parties.
B&R (Duo) - A “Stan Rogers meets Neil Young” kind of pub duo with Randy Jackiw (vocals, guitar, bodhran, djembe). Pub music with very loose borders. More focus on vocals than guitar.
Juanita Wilkins (Duo) – A great singer/songwriter from Clifford ON. Her music is personal, rich and inspired - folk stylings with a distinctive rural Ontario feel. I play electric/acoustic/dobro guitars and mandolin with her. www.juanitawilkins.com
Paul Shultz is a Waterloo Alt-Country singer with amazing vocal chops and I play backup electric/acoustic/dobro guitars.
Teaching - I teach at Folkway Music (www.folkwaymusic.com) and also do workshops on 1/ Alternative Tunings, 2/ Travis picking, 3/ Accompanying singers.
