John Pearse - The Lost 1966 Waldeck Audition

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• Condition New
• Type CD
• Vendor Bear Family Records
• SKU bcd17143
• Artisti John Pearse
• Lyhyt kuvaus (1CD DigiPac - four panel - with booklet. 18 tracks. Playing time: 41:45) -- This set contains informal backstage tapes, previously thought lost, from 1966 Waldeck Festival. John Pearse has near-mythic status among guitar players, builders & designers. 'The folk guitarist who taught the protest generation how to play' - The 'Guardian' (UK). John Pearse is 'The Nation's guitar teacher.' 'stern' (Germany). Pearse recorded now-collectable albums like 'Guitar Train' (1958) and 'Blues, Rags & Raga' (1972) and hosted 1980s PBS show 'String Along.' 'Pearse provided us with the right tools to play better music.' - Chris Hillman. He designed strings used and endorsed by Doc Watson, King Crimson & Dixie Chicks. -- To many students of folk and blues guitar, John Pearse was a hero - the man who taught, performed, and helped popularize the genre. 'He left his mark on the musical world,' says Cindy Cashdollar. -- This is high praise, and it hardly stops here. Bear Family Records offers a unique glimpse of this highly esteemed musician, drawn from these informal, unguarded performances. The 18 tracks presented here - for the first time ever - showcase Pearse backstage at the Waldeck Folk Festival in 1966. Pearse appeared at this premier German festival on four consecutive years, between 1965-68. The tapes offer a rare glimpse of his casual, non-studio persona. Unless you were in the first ten rows, you wouldn't have heard him so clearly. -- Pearse taught designing, building and playing of stringed instruments to countless members of a European and American audience through his BBC, ITV and PBS shows - more than he could have ever reached through the endless touring of folk venues. -- Despite his untimely death in 2008, John Pearse continues to reach an appreciative audience. The unmarked reel-to-reel tapes that gave rise to this unexpected CD will delight his legion of fans and draw new listeners to him.
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