English guitarist turned Nashville master plays Sebastopol
Richard Smith, the English guitarist who has spent his career mastering the Nashville-based finger-picking style of Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and Jerry Reed, will perform Friday, Oct. 9, in Sebastopol.
The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, 390 Morris St., and also features Smith’s wife, cellist Julie Smith.
With 10 CDs and a DVD to his credit, Smith now covers wide range of techniques and styles, ranging from Bach to Sousa marches, and including jazz, blues and even ragtime.
Tickets cost $23 in advance; $26 at the door. Information: 823-1511, seb.org.
You can reach staff writer Dan Taylor at 521-5243 or dan.taylor@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @danarts.
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