Charlie Christian Centennial

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Charlie Christian, born on this day (July 29th) in 1916. Listen to Kevin Whitehead’s tribute on NPR’s Fresh Air. The excellent Charlie Christian site Solo Flight returned just in time for the centennial, after a seven year hiatus. And if you’d like a tutorial on Christian’s style, check out Garry Hansen’s Charlie Christian – Legend of the Jazz Guitar, courtesy… Read more →

Pedalboard as of 4/30/2016

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Dunlop 535Q Saturnworks A/B/Bypass Looper A Channel T-Rex Mudhoney Dirt Eater Bypass Loop Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man B Channel Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Maxon PT-999 Suhr Riot Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing with Roland EV-5 Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy with Roland EV-5 TC Electronic Polytune Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai Maxon AD900 Ernie Ball EB6166 Read more →

Photos from Graphite at LVB, 3/25/2016

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Photo by Karan Bishop
Photo by Karan Bishop
Photo by Karan Bishop
Pete Ehrmann and the audience
Photo by Karan Bishop
Photo by Karan Bishopp
Photo by Karan Bishop
Photo by Karan Bishop

Aside

Setlist for Graphite Addiction CD Release at LVB, 3/22/2016

Set One

  1. Improvisation
  2. Ballad for My Grandmother
  3. Change
  4. Brofoya
  5. Haley’s Comet (Nic’s Comet)
  6. Somewhere East of Omaha
  7. Jamangatu
  8. 30 & Counting
  9. Watching Water
  10. Space is Limited

Set Two

  1. Improvisation
  2. Message for Becky
  3. In a Whirled World
  4. F.O.U.
  5. Ricky Loves LuLu
  6. Lift It On Up
  7. Dachshund Dementia
  8. Just One
  9. Song for the Children

a second chance, years later…

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Improvised in a single take, Graphite Addiction’s second album is a groove-heavy fusion of world rhythms, jazz harmonies, and melodic hooks.

Thumbtack – Best of 2016

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My guitar lesson studios in Fort Collins and Longmont won a Thumbtack “Best of 2016” award. I will, of course, start referring to myself in the third person as “award-winning educator Vic Dillahay”. But seriously, thank you to all the students past and present who’ve studied with me. Being a part of your musical growth makes teaching the best job… Read more →