One of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross
has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world. In September 1996, he managed to do what no other player has done: win the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time (he first won in 1988). The competition, held yearly in Winfield, Kansas, cannot be won only with immaculate technique, but the player's music must also display a high degree of emotion and intensity, hallmarks of Don's style.
The son of a Scottish immigrant father and a Mi'kmaq aboriginal mother, Don was born in Montreal in 1960 into a musical family. He first started experimenting with the solo possibilities of the acoustic guitar at the age of eight. By age ten he was playing in alternate tunings and exploring "fingerstyle" technique, a right hand discipline similar to classical guitar playing. Preferring to write original music and develop a personal style, Don's self-taught journey on the instrument has encouraged him to follow his musical intuition. The result is an unclassifiable musical style that borrows from jazz, folk, rock and classical music. When asked, Don usually pigeonholes his music as "Heavy Wood"!
Hi Don! Thanks for the friend request! I hope you'll have a chance to check out some of our music and let us know what you think! www.thunderrider.com www.myspace.com/thunderrider1 Buy our CD at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/thunderrider http://cdbaby.com/cd/thunderrider2 Please have a look at some of the jewelry, sculptures and guitars that I make, send a friend request and leave me a comment or two! www.myspace.com/john_blackwing Cheers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, John Blackwing Thunder Rider
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Its always a pleasure to meet new people so thanks for the add. Feel free to contact I am actually here and do respond. Hope all is going good and if your in London this friday come along to a gig at the Regal Rooms. Regards, AJ
Wow! What a great surpise to hear your beautiful music and awe inspiring playing. Thanks for the ad and I hope to hear more. Do you ever get to play in Los Angeles? If so..ll be there!!
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I remember seeing u open up 4 Manteca @ Bathurst St. theatre some yrs ago.... u redefined what guitar was 4 me back then and after purchasing a couple cassettes... i pretty much wore them out.
Hey Don, Greetings from Buford, Georgia and thanks for the friendship invitation. Your music is awesome! Try to stay warm up there, and if you make it down south, come for a visit. Keep Pickin, (or fingering) Wilson Braswell
Glad to be virtual friends with you now! ...this little Myspace-World... ;o) found your profile through a friend's friend... and just thought, I know you...
Met you in the Mid-90s in a small village near Jena in Eastern Germany, when you performed in the pub I was working in. I still have the two tapes of you, that I bought then...
Hope you're fine! Greetz from - now - Western Germany! Brit :o)
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Hey there! Just a quickie to let you know about 2 upcoming Toronto dates: Saturday NOV 7th at RIVOLI (Queen West just east of Spadina) Friday NOV 13th at BLUE MOON (Queen East & Broadview)
Whats good whitchu? aye if you could do me a big favor?????? if you have twitter i want you to follow me at www.twitter.com/younggee619 so we can stay connected and check all up dates. Keep doin ya thang i see you.
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