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Laughton was born in Oklahoma. His parents were both involved with the harp: his mother as a teacher and his father, Charles T. Laughton, as a harp builder. As a young child, he played with his family's orchestra, touring Cuba and Panama. [1] He joined the Oklahoma City Symphony in 1937, hired through the WPA at the minimum age of 15. [2]
Doan's latest video project is a 90-minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled In Search of the Harp Guitar. John hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. [9] Doan was recently awarded "World's Leading Harp Guitarist" by the Brand Laureate Awards.
Also, Don was a competitor in the prestigious U.S. National Finger-style Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Don Alder's influences come from guitar players like Michael Hedges, Don Ross and for instance Bruce Cockburn. His new album Take the Train Eh. is a groovy and up tempo album with extraordinary techniques on his selected guitars. He ...
He created the electro-acoustic harp. [10] He formed the trio Poesie und Musik together with Rene Bardet (bass) and Orlando Valentini (guitar), recording interpretations of the poetry of François Villon and Heinrich Heine, but left in 1978. [11] [12] During this period, Vollenweider also wrote music for film, mainly nature documentaries. [13]
Muriel Anderson (born June 17, 1960) is an American fingerstyle guitarist and harp guitarist who plays in many genres. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.
Yasmin Williams (born May 31, 1997) is an American composer and solo performing finger-style guitarist [1] [2] [3] from northern Virginia. She plays several instruments such as the kalimba, harp-guitar, and guitar with the strings facing up while on her lap. [4]
Robbie Robertson of The Band used a harp guitar on the main title theme for their concert film The Last Waltz and is seen playing the song on the instrument in the film's final scene. Don Alder uses the Harp guitar in songs such as "Sayonara.calm" and "Man from Ladylane" a song dedicated to Stephen Bennett, founder of the Harp Guitar Gathering ...
"I Sold Your Ring Today," another Hamilton composition, is included on a compilation CD from the Network Pacific label in California. Five songs from "Campesino Blues" were selected for the soundtrack of Purgatory Comics, an independent film released by Warm Milk Productions in 2012.