!
-
Allen Dobb -
Andrews & Lawrence -
Andy Ruszel -
Ann Mortifee -
Banjo Jim Erkiletian -
Becky Bernson -
Bill Hilly Band (The Bills) -
Birgit -
Bob Bossin -
Brian Hazelbower -
Cathy Miller -
Colleen Eccleston -
Dan Lameire -
Darrel De La Ronde & Saskia -
Dave Kilbank -
Dave McCaig -
David Essig -
Dennis Lakusta -
Diamond Joe White -
Eileen McGann -
Eric Benson -
Fiona Stuart -
Gary Fjellgaard -
Gruff,The -
Holly Arntzen -
Ian & Sylvia -
Irene Jackson -
Jack Connolly -
Jack n' Lefty -
Janette Briere -
Jeremy Fisher -
Joe Charron -
Joe Stanton -
John Gogo -
John Marian -
Joni Mitchell -
Judy Brunet -
KC Kelly -
Linda Mcrae -
Lisa Atkinson -
Lowry Olafson -
Mae Moore -
Norbury & Finch -
Pauline Le Bel -
Pied Pumkin -
Ric Lafontaine -
Rick Bockner -
Rick Scott -
Shari Ulrich -
Stack Sisters -
Steve K -
Steve Palmer -
Stringband -
Susan and Fran -
Susan Cogan -
Tammy Fassaert -
Tri Continental -
Valdy -
Zlatko Zvekich -
!
Rick Bockner
Rick Bockner has been playing guitar since he was 7 years old. Raised in the folk tradition, he then went on to study blues guitar, ragtime fingerstyle guitar, and Celtic stylings. He was a founding member of the 60's San Francisco band Mad River (Capitol Records) . Rick is considered to be one of the best of Canada's acoustic guitarists. He performs, travels, and teaches in concert halls, music camps, and clubs in North America, and Europe.
Rick's main musical influences on the guitar range from the Mississippi Delta greats like Skip James, Willie Brown, Robert Johnson, - to the gospel guitar of Rev. Gary Davis and Joseph Spence. He also has spent years developing a stylistic approach to Celtic music and fiddle tunes. As well, Rick is a veteran songwriter as several of the selections on Fret Lizards demonstrate. His sense of poetry and lyric is deep and unaffected, he finds the common thread in his lyrics that make the listener smile and relate.
Bockner's intricate and expressive harmonies on the guitar make for some wonderful listening as he reworks some of the tunes he grew up with for this recording. His own compositions have delighted and confounded guitarists for years.
Fret Lizards is a collection of the new and the old music that still rides around in Rick's head after 45 years of guitar playing. This is a cd that will quietly find a favourite place in your music collection.
Rick's main musical influences on the guitar range from the Mississippi Delta greats like Skip James, Willie Brown, Robert Johnson, - to the gospel guitar of Rev. Gary Davis and Joseph Spence. He also has spent years developing a stylistic approach to Celtic music and fiddle tunes. As well, Rick is a veteran songwriter as several of the selections on Fret Lizards demonstrate. His sense of poetry and lyric is deep and unaffected, he finds the common thread in his lyrics that make the listener smile and relate.
Bockner's intricate and expressive harmonies on the guitar make for some wonderful listening as he reworks some of the tunes he grew up with for this recording. His own compositions have delighted and confounded guitarists for years.
Fret Lizards is a collection of the new and the old music that still rides around in Rick's head after 45 years of guitar playing. This is a cd that will quietly find a favourite place in your music collection.
!