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HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY AND SLAP 'N TAP FINGER-STYLE GUITAR

TICKETS ARE $15 IN ADV. AND $20.00 @ DOOR, RESERVE YOURS BY CALLING 808 960-1026. MORE INFO AT WOODSONGACOUSTICS.COM

Chris Yeaton, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar



 Adam Werner, Steel
String & Harp Guitar

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Hawaii born, Chris Yeaton,
draws from a lineage of great Hawaiian Slack Key tradition. His musical inspiration and journey
began with one of Hawaii's
most celebrated musicians, Master
Slack Key guitarist
Keola Beamer, and continued with
Big Island Slack Key master John Keawe. Along
with traditional Slack Key pieces he incorporates a blend of contemporary
Fingerstyle into his playing, drawing from other renowned artists such as, William Ackerman, Alex de
Grassi, Michael Hedges, William Coulter, & Peppino D’Agostino.
Yeaton’s
is a

unique style of beautiful and progressive Slack Key. His 2nd
album “Ho’o Pa’a, The Stand” was released in January of 2006. Chris Yeaton has
toured nationally with guitar masters Keola
Beamer and John Keawe.
Yeaton also credits Gordon Rowland,
Adam Werner,
Patrick Landeza, & Brian Vasquez,
as musical inspirations
and teachers.



Yeaton continues to tour
and shares musical venues and experiences with other musicians through the
Woodsong Acoustics Group. (www.woodsongacoustics.com)

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“ . . . Innovative and
refreshing . . .”   ~ Keola Beamer



 



 “There's assurance and invention in
his strumming; he's learned well and carries the tradition with dignity.
Yeaton's got a Hawaiian soul and is one to watch. In time, he should be right
up there with his mentors
."



                                                       ~Wayne
Harada Honolulu Advertiser



 



 “Chris Yeaton & Keola Beamer are truly world music
treasures and a constant inspiration to lovers of Ki Ho 'alu everywhere .
. .” ~
Mark
Haselfeld



 



Adam Werner is a solo acoustic guitarist with an interest in unconventional
techniques, styles and applications to fingerstyle guitar playing. His first album, “Apprentice of a
Dead Man
was followed by his debut label
release, "Signatures,"
a 2008 Grammy Awards contender for Best New Age album, and has become a new
addition to solo acoustic guitar. Merging the traditions of finger-style
techniques with provocative percussive elements adds extra flavor to this music.
A touch of electric bass, masterfully created by Kentaro Otsuka, is featured on this album. Adam
has also produced “Woodsongs:
An Acoustic Guitar Collection”
,
which is a 17 track guitar album of previously unreleased music from artists,
such as: Will Ackerman, Alex de Grassi,
Preston Reed, William Coulter, John Keawe as well as, Chris Yeaton, Michael
Hewett, Scott Burwell, Dylan Schorer, Rudy Perrone, Robert Walling,
and
many others!  This is an album NOT to be missed. Adam has performed with such people as Alex de Grassi, Michael
Manring, William Coulter, Hawaiian Slack-Key Master John Keawe
and
Antonio Calogero



 “Adam Werner is a marvelous
technician who requires more of himself than simple gymnastics. His music is
both impressive technically and emotionally vocative.”   ~Will Ackerman



“Adam does a great job of re-creating the feel of the
classic Windham Hill recordings and adds a few twists of his own.”    



-Michael Manring



 




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