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Join acclaimed guitarist Larry Campbell for an in-depth look at the Blind Blake classic Diddy Wah Diddy. Larry will go over Blake’s version and demonstrate his own variations. By looking at this one tune, Larry will address how he turns it into something he wants to hear coming from his own guitar. He will show some useful tools that can be applied to rhythm and lead playing. The constant bass note thumb playing, turn arounds, intros, finding a groove, filling the holes, and beginning a solo from the melody are all highlights of Larry’s style. Join him as he teaches and deconstructs this old gem of a blues song.
Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who has been a studio musician, recording music with other artists on their albums, and a respected sideman, performing as a backup musician in clubs and concert venues, since the seventies. He moves freely between rock, blues, country, folk and Celtic, playing guitar, fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel, cittern, dobro and banjo. In 2005, he released his first solo acoustic guitar album called Rooftops. In 2008, Larry was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his instrumental work from the Americana Music Association. In 2013, The Americana Music Association named Larry Instrumentalist of the Year .
Larry has had extensive experience as a studio musician. Over the past 2 decades, Larry has recorded with Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Judy Collins, Sheryl Crow, B. B. King, Willie Nelson and The Black Crowes just to name a few.
