| Howard Emerson was
born in Boston,MA in June of 1951. He started playing
guitar at the age of 12. His constant fascination
with drumming and bass were to have a profound effect
on him. His schoolteachers were constantly telling
him “Sit on your hands, Howard! You’re
driving me crazy!” He blew out the woofers
in his dad’s old Scott Stereo more than once
while fixating on the bass track of several favorite
records………
At 18, while cutting class at the
Berklee School of Music, he taught himself fingerpicking.
He dropped out, but before leaving for home, he
went to show his guitar teacher (Bill Leavitt) what
he’d figured out. Bill politely said, ”That’s
interesting”. Auspicious, no doubt:-o
Howard toured and recorded with
folksinger Eric Andersen (‘Be True to You”
on Arista Records) and then with Billy Joel (“Turnstiles”
on Columbia Records). All the while he was learning
bottleneck, Hawaiian style Dobro and open tuning
fingerstyle.
He recorded his first solo CD, “Crossing
Crystal Lake”, in 1998. It met with very favorable
reviews in Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Player and Dirty
Linen Magazine, and in the webzine Minor 7th.
Don’t miss this show it is bound to be one
of the best yet!
Reservations are required.
Please contact Jeff
Rice for more information. |
