Show for August 14, 2011. Guitarist/Composer D.J. Sparr.
“Classically trained to rock your *#!@ socks off,” to quote Tenacious D. The very tenacious guitarist D.J. Sparr was in town to perform at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and he swung by our studio with instrument in hand. We talked about his many musical loves (country, rock, classical), his career from toddlerhood on, the folly of aesthetic snobbery and the moment he realized it’s OK to play a G major chord. We also listened to a selection of his wide-ranging performances and compositions, and he demonstrated some wicked picking and finger tapping.
D.J. Sparr as an up-and-coming country star back in the day, as orchestra front man now, and in our studio (with a sweet Taylor T5 hollowbody).
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