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female folk guitarists from California

26 Mar 07 - 02:50 PM (#2007712)
Subject: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST

The best one is certainly Nina Gerber.


26 Mar 07 - 02:57 PM (#2007720)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Wesley S

How about "favorite" as opposed to "best"?


26 Mar 07 - 02:59 PM (#2007722)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST

Why, are you suggesting that there's a female folk guitarist from California who's better than Nina Gerber?

I find that hard to believe.


26 Mar 07 - 03:02 PM (#2007723)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Leadbelly

Shes' german,
Manfred


26 Mar 07 - 03:10 PM (#2007729)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Leadbelly

Sorry, I'm mistaken because there's another Nina Gerber.


26 Mar 07 - 03:11 PM (#2007730)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Murray MacLeod

her website says her home town as Sebastopol, California.

She can justifiably be described as being " from California "


26 Mar 07 - 03:11 PM (#2007731)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Murray MacLeod

ah, crossposting there ...


26 Mar 07 - 04:17 PM (#2007776)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Phil Cooper

I've always liked the guitar playing of Mary McCaslin


26 Mar 07 - 04:37 PM (#2007793)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Richard Bridge

Where was Bonnie Raitt from?


26 Mar 07 - 04:38 PM (#2007794)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: open mike

Nina is so much MORE than a folk guitarist-
she is the ultimate accompanist and can blend
with the style of many musicians. She plays
both acoustic and electric with ease and style.

She played with Kate Wolf for many years, and
is one of the performers at the Kate Wolf Fest.

We often joke that there should just be an easy
chair on stage for Nina, as she joins every band!

http://www.ninagerber.com/

Laurie Lewis, although mainly a fiddler, also plays
guitar.

and Sally Van Meter is another California girl who
is an awesome player....her guitar is a slide/dobro.


26 Mar 07 - 06:31 PM (#2007898)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST

Where was Bonnie Raitt from?

She was born in beautiful downtown Burbank, but became known on the Cambridge, MA coffee house scene before hitting it big.


26 Mar 07 - 07:27 PM (#2007951)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST,worker

Joan Baez. She is originally from Massachusetts but has since become a bonafide Californian. One of the finest folk guitarists (female or male)ever.


26 Mar 07 - 07:50 PM (#2007976)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST,Greycap

Laurie Lewis is great, but, in my humble British opinion, Nina Gerber does it for me, too.
Joan Baez is super as a vocalist and interpreter of fine material, her track record is impeccable,but her pickin' ain't near Nina's stuff.


26 Mar 07 - 08:14 PM (#2007991)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST,worker

To be honest Greycap I've never heard of Nina Gerber, but will check her out.


27 Mar 07 - 01:13 AM (#2008168)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: GUEST,Jim

Sylvia Harrold ain't too shabby, either.


27 Mar 07 - 01:26 AM (#2008174)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Don Firth

Barbara Dane? Jo Mapes? Don't know if they're from California, but they did a lot of playing and singing there.

Don Firth


27 Mar 07 - 01:57 AM (#2008180)
Subject: RE: female folk guitarists from California
From: Joe Offer

I have to say that here in Northern California, Nina Gerber seems to be everybody's favorite all-round utility guitarist. DADGBE is another favorite, but he's not a she.
-Joe-