Dan Crary & Beppe Gambetta – Masters of the Steel String Guitar

St. Mark’s In The Valley, Los Olivos CA

Friday, February 11, 2005, 8:00 PM

Peter Feldmann and BlueGrass West! are proud to present Beppe Gambetta and Dan Crary in concert on Friday, February 11^th at St. Mark's In The Valley, 2901 Nojoqui Avenue, Los Olivos, California. The program, which begins at 8:00 PM, will present tunes and songs featuring some of the hottest guitar flatpicking the world has to offer. Advance tickets, priced at $17.50, are available on-line at BlueGrassWest.com and at Jensen’s Music, Solvang. If available, tickets will be sold at the door for $20.00 beginning at 7:30 PM. A reception for the performers will be held in the Parrish Hall following the concert.

Each on his own, Beppe Gambetta and Dan Crary were already major players in the international acoustic guitar world. Then about ten years ago, they combined forces. Result: one of the most powerful guitar duos in the world. Combining their love of the guitar with

Beppe Gambetta, from Genova, Italy, is recognized as the leading flatpicking guitarist of Europe. Through his superb recordings, frequent tours of Europe and America, and original research into early Italian traditional and popular music, Mr. Gambetta has established himself as a major world artist of the steel-string guitar . . . powerful, flashy, musical, unforgettable.

Dan Crary, who celebrated 40 years as a professional guitarist in 2000, is one of the originators of the flat-picking style of acoustic guitar and is recognized worldwide for his artistry and originality. Mr. Crary has played in over 30 countries, made more than a dozen celebrated recordings, and collaborated with many leading traditional musicians of the late 20th century. To hear him live is to hear guitar music of unsurpassed beauty, power, and originality.