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Slide Guitar Workshop with Robert Richter!

Robert Richter, from Portland, Oregon is a singer/songwriter and guitarist who has performed many genres of music over the years from Blues to Rock to Celtic to Folk. He has recorded numerous albums as both a solo artist and as a session player. His current project is the AmeriCeltic Castletown. Richter has been performing and teaching slide guitar techniques for many years and enjoys introducing slide guitar playing to beginners. All levels are welcome at this workshop!

At the slide guitar workshop he will go over the basics, including the types of slides used in playing and the different sounds you can create. He will also spend time on how to open tune your guitar for slide playing and will go over blues and pentonic scales. At the end of the workshop participants will have the information they need to play slide guitar.

Robert will be playing with Katie Jane Lubiens as Castletown on Friday, May 4, in a special fundraising concert for Fiddler's Dream. Advance admission to the workshop for concert attendees is $10. Admission will be $12 at the door. Doors for the slide guitar workshop open at 1:30pm. (The fiddle workshop with Katie will be just finishing up at 1:30pm!)