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Let’s Jig

Album: True to the Music

Released: Feb 28, 2008

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Let’s Jig
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Genre: Acoustic / Celtic / Folk
Location Algonquin, Un
Profile Views: 26564
Last Login: 8/19/2011
Member Since 4/5/2006
Website www.mervcollinsmusic.com
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Bio
Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist and Guitar Synthesist Merv Collins. I've been playing guitar for over 4 decades and am deeply into the world of fingerstyle guitar and a bit of guitar synthesis. I have 3 CDs out , my most recently released album, titled "Fingers & Strings" came out on March 11, 2011 to go with my previously released CDs, "Bits & Pieces" which was released in 2006, and "True to the Music which came out in 2008, all of which I'm quite proud of. Next, hopefully I'll finally complete my long promised CD of Christmas music too. I've been performing around the Chicago area since moving here in September 2005 and am always on the lookout for new venues to play, so if you know of some good places, please let me know. Please write me and lets exchange musicial and creative ideas and such. If you'd be interested in a copy of my CDs, They're only $10 and I always have some with me at my performances, or email me at merv43_99@yahoo.com.
Members
Please check out my new website www.mervcollinsmusic.com Just me, and my Taylor 714ce acoustic electric guitar. I also have a Composite Acoustic 5 IM-CE as my backup guitar to the Taylor. For classical pieces (and when my fingers get sore, heheheh) I play my newly acquired Taylor NS54CE nylon stringed guitar. I also dabble with my Godin XTSA synth guitar, hooked into the Roland GR30 guitar synthesizer and also enjoy playing a marvelous sounding Weissenborn lap steel guitar as well as a very pretty Cordoba mahogony Tenor Ukulele, also learning to play my new Wechter Scheerhorn square neck Dobro.. which is a lot of fun too. I'm also part of a great fun duo going by the name "Guyz with Bad Eyez", my buddy Don Humbertson, 12 string picker and singer extraordinaire, the Maestro as I refer to him and me, play a lot of folk and country and good pickin songs and play around town quite a bit too. I do enjoy also getting into jam sessions with various other musicians from time to time which is a lot of fun as I'm a "lead" guitarist by nature too.
Influences
Lots of influences, including Ed Gerhard, Al Pettaway and Amy White, Tommy Emmanuel, Adrian Legg, Michael Gulezian, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Peppino D'Agostino, Pat Donohue, Isato Nakagawa, Phil Keaggy, Don Ross, Stephen Bennett, Muriel Anderson, Pierre Bensusan,Laurence Juber, Alex DeGrassi, Will Ackerman, California Guitar Trio, members of the Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society, Doug Smith, Steve Howe, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Steve Vai, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Doc Watson, and many many more , not necessarily in any order.
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Bio:

Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist and Guitar Synthesist Merv Collins. Please check out my new website www.mervcollinsmusic.com I've been playing guitar for over 4 decades and am deeply into the world of fingerstyle guitar and a bit of guitar synthesis. I have 3 CDs out , my most recently released album, titled "Fingers & Strings" came out on March 11, 2011 to go with my previously released CDs, "Bits & Pieces" which was released in 2006, and "True to the Music which came out in 2008, all of which I'm quite proud of. Next, hopefully I'll finally complete my long promised CD of Christmas music too. I've been performing around the Chicago area since moving here in September 2005 and am always on the lookout for new venues to play, so if you know of some good places, please let me know. Please write me and lets exchange musicial and creative ideas and such. If you'd be interested in a copy of my CDs, They're only $10 and I always have some with me at my performances, or email me at merv43_99@yahoo.com. The new cd, Fingers & Strings is also available on CD Baby.

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April 05, 2006

Members:

Just me, and my Taylor 714ce acoustic electric guitar. I also have a Composite Acoustic 5 IM-CE as my backup guitar to the Taylor. For classical pieces (and when my fingers get sore, heheheh) I play my Taylor NS54CE nylon stringed guitar. I also dabble with my Godin XTSA synth guitar, hooked into the Roland GR30 guitar synthesizer and also enjoy playing a marvelous sounding Weissenborn lap steel guitar as well as a very pretty Cordoba mahogony Tenor Ukulele, I also play a Wechter Scheerhorn square neck Dobro.. and have just added a wonderful Holloway Model 5 Harp Guitar to my collection of instruments which is a lot of fun to play and perform with too. I'm also part of a great fun duo going by the name "Guyz with Bad Eyez", my buddy Don Humbertson, 12 string picker and singer extraordinaire, the Maestro as I refer to him and me, play a lot of folk and country and good pickin songs and play around town quite a bit too. I do enjoy also getting into jam sessions with various other musicians from time to time which is a lot of fun as I'm a "lead" guitarist by nature too.

Influences:

Lots of influences, including Ed Gerhard, Al Pettaway and Amy White, Tommy Emmanuel, Adrian Legg, Michael Gulezian, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Peppino D'Agostino, Pat Donohue, Isato Nakagawa, Phil Keaggy, Don Ross, Stephen Bennett, Muriel Anderson, Pierre Bensusan,Laurence Juber, Alex DeGrassi, Will Ackerman, California Guitar Trio, members of the Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society, Doug Smith, Steve Howe, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Steve Vai, and many many more , not necessarily in any order.