George Winston
Favorite Links
New Orleans R&B Piano
Henry Butler – New Orleans pianist - he is an incredible live performer and every concert is an event and a phenomenon.
James Booker – New Orleans pianist. The first one to take rhythm & blues, soul music, the blues, and New Orleans music and make a whole solo piano style out of these traditions and others.
Professor Longhair – New Orleans pianist- The founder of New Orleans R&B piano scene in the late 1930s.
Dr. John – New Orleans pianist
Jon Cleary- New Orleans pianist
Allen Toussaint - New Orleans pianist and composer
Jazz & Melodic Piano
Phillip Aaberg – American pianist/composer
Vince Guaraldi – American Jazz pianist/composer
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Keola Beamer – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist/composer
Sonny Chillingworth – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
Cindy Combs – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
Ledward Kaapana – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
George Kahumoku Jr. – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist/composer. Also see www.slackkey.com.
Moses Kahumoku – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist/composer
Dennis Kamakahi – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist/composer
Ray Kane – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
Ozzie Kotani – Hawaiian slack key guitarist
George Kuo – Hawaiian slack key guitarist
Leonard Kwan – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/composer
Cyril Pahinui– Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
James “Bla” Pahinui – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/vocalist
Martin Pahinui – Hawaiian slack key guitarist/ bassist/vocalist
Other Guitarists
Chet Atkins – American guitarist
Ted Greene – American guitarist
Pierre Bensusan – French/Celtic guitarist/vocalist/composer
Bob Brozman - Acoustic steel guitar and guitar - Hawaiian, blues and beyond
Bruce Cockburn – Guitarist/songwriter
– Cockburn Project - good Bruce Cockburn site
Alex DeGrassi - American guitarist/composer
John Doan - Harp guitarist
Michael Hedges – American guitarist/vocalist/composer
Michael Lorimer - Great classical guitarist and beyond
Taj Mahal – Blues and beyond guitarist/singer/composer
Stephen Robinson - Great classical guitarist, teacher, and host of the Stetson International Guitar Workshop
Bola Sete – Brazilian guitarist/composer
Ralph Towner – American guitarist/pianist/composer
Doc Watson – American Old-Time/Bluegrass guitarist
Michael Barry-Rec - American guitarist/steel guitarist & composer
Harmonica-Cajun, Appalachian, Celtic & other
Amede Ardoin - Cajun accordionist
Deford Bailey – early blues/country harmonica player
Bruno- English/American Morris Dance and Celtic band
John Hartford – American fiddler/ banjo player/ composer
Sam Hinton – American/ Celtic harmonica player
Richard Hunter – American harmonica player
Brendan Power – Celtic harmonica player
Marc Savoy –Cajun accordionist
Michael Doucet –Cajun Fiddler
Crooked Still - Great modern old time ensemble
Michael Barry-Rec
Rebekah Del Rio – Spanish/American vocalist
Resources for Old Time Music:
Harp
Patrick Ball—Celtic harpist
Kim Robertson – Celtic/American harpist - additional Kim website
Andreas Vollenweider – European harpist
Chinese Traditional & Classical
Wei-Shan Liu - Wonderful gu-zheng player (Chinese zither/ harp) and composer and founder of the San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society.I will be co-producing many new solo recordings with her.
Jiang Xiaoqing - Great gu-zheng player and a student of Wei-Shan Liu. A good place to start is her recording BREATHING SPACES, with the beautiful piece “Tears of the Moon".
Chen Lei-Shi (Louis Chen) - Great gu-zheng player
Wu-Fang - Great gu-zheng player (Chinese zither/ harp)
xu ke - Great Chinese erhu player (Chinese two-string violin)
Wu Man - Great pipa player (Chinese lute)
Hugo Media - Great Chinese classical and traditional music label
Chinese Music Society of North America
Chinese Culture Net
Ensemble
The Doors – American rock band
Al Kooper – American rock & soul organist/pianist/composer
Randy Newman – American songwriter and soundtrack composer
Frank Zappa –American composer/guitarist
- List of Frank Zappa sites
- Another good Frank Zappa site
Recommended Winter Season Albums
Alfred Burt- American composer
John Fahey-American guitarist
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Additional Music Sites
Dancing Cat Records -
George Winston's record label - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar recordings and eight section information
booklet on Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, and more.
Dragon's Eye Recordings -
This site sells the sound sheet for George's 3 song medley for Bread Baker's Stomp.
Village School Foundation - Guitarist Tinh Mahoney's
foundation helping to empower children with education.
Hawaiian Music Island - Listing of Hawaiian
recordings & live performances
Off Beat Magazine - A great New Orleans
music magazine - articles and listing of live performances
Roots and Rhythm - Great store
for many kinds of traditional and historic music
The Old-Time Herald - Great magazine on old time
country music
County Records - A great record company and distributor
of old time music
Smithsonian Folkways - A great collection
of old time music and much, much more
The Far Side - Great Asian music
catalogue with much traditional and popular music from many cultures
Laura Nyro - great American singer/songwriter.
Also see www.lauranyro.net
Wendy Waldman - great
American singer/songwriter
Eve Rantzer - great American singer/songwriter
Shad Weathersby – Great singer/songwriter.
Frosty Horton – Great singer/songwriter and producer (he produces Shad Weathersby).
Montana Mandolin Society - great
mandolin based ensemble in Bozeman, Montana
Banana Slug String Band -
great band that can be enjoyed by children and adults
FolkScene - Howard & Roz Larman's
live radio program, which has been broadcasting for 30 years, with many kinds of music
Al Hazen (aka Ali Hassan) - The pianist on the great hit
version of Nut Rocker by B. Bumble
and the Stingers from 1962.
Sleepwalk - A site for this instrumental
hit from 1959 - two of the greatest minutes in music history
Afro-American pianist Thomas
Bethune also know as Thomas Wiggins also know as "Blind Tom" (1849-1908)
Tony Winston - Great piano, vocals and big band arrangements.
Other Arts
Tanglewood Forest - The deep, soulful artistry
of Marci Wolfe.
Costanza Knight - Beautiful watercolor art and more from an artist who has inspired and influenced me for decades.
Allyson Adams - Peace as a Women's Job
Ling-Wen Tsai - Deep and wonderful
visual and performance artist, and beyond. Her work has been very inspirational and essential
in many ways for my growth on all three instruments that I play, as well as personally
Margaret
Ezekiel - Painter – the beauty and soul of Hawaii and beyond
Harriet Blum - Great photography and
hand tinting, of Louisiana and beyond.
Nancy Megan Corwin - wonderful
metalsmithing work
Barbara Stone - Painter
- Polar Bears and the Soul
Why
Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics by Heather Busch and Burton Silver (Ten Speed
Press). Also visit - The World
of Feline Art.
Dancing
With Cats by Heather Busch, Burton Silver and Shakya Bahrain (Chronicle Books)
Steve Lankford
Photography - Great photography. George uses a photo of his on his solo harmonica concert
program.
Health, General Service, Ecology & Science
There are a lot of amazing people doing wonderful work for the benefit of all living beings
- there are so many, and it is impossible to list them all (so some of the well known ones are
not listed) - here are a few of them:
Health & General Service
Anti Slavery
Slavery did not end in 1865 - slavery is not legal in any country, but there are still at least 27 million enslaved people in the world
Human Rights
- CIVIC (Campaign for Innocent Victims on Conflict) -
the late Maria Ruzicka’s wonderful organization working to obtain U.S. Government assistance
for communities and families in need, while helping to shine a spotlight on the human costs
of war.
- Global Exchange – an international human
rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice
- Human Rights Watch
- MECA - Marriage
Equality California
- LAMBDA - promoting understanding and
tolerance
Child Soldiers
Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers (all conscription everywhere of everyone in slavery)
Doctors Without Borders
- Doctors Without Borders -
They are working in many places including Aceh Indonesia, the region most devastated by the
tsunami.
Abolishing Landmines
Depleted Uranium Weapons
Ecology
- Food Irradiation -
a disadvantageous practice including cruelty to the animals and unsafe labor practices.
- Bioneers - An educational network
of visionaries for the environment
- Deep Ecology
Science/Astronomy
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