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Thread #11225 Message #1369588
Posted By: open mike
02-Jan-05 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: Learning to play guitar
Subject: RE: Learning to play guitar
i found reference to the Lara Weber PBS guitar class.. Nanci Griffith was one of the students!! i have contacted PBS to see if by any chance there are copies of video or books available.
>Quote from story in today's Boston Weekly TAB Newspaper on Nanci >Griffith: > "...As for PBS, Griffith, who has been a regular on the show 'Austin >City Limits,' considers the network to be an American treasure. 'If we >lose PBS, we'll lose that one [interesting] channel that people all >across the country - especially in rural areas - can get even if they >don't have cable." > > "'PBS is so important,' she continues. 'I even learned how to play >guitar from PBS when I was 6 years old. It was a Saturday morning show >called "Guitar" hosted by a woman named Laura. She usually used Phil >Ochs songs, which as a kid was really great because here was a person >who wasn't patronizing at all to a child learning how to play an >instrument." > >Anyone know about this show? Thanks, Siouxie D -- "Life without music would be an intolerable insult." (Edward Abbey) // That was Laura Weber who hosted the PBS guitar show way back when. // - MF