Candyrat Records presents Don Ross & Michael Manring with special guest Andy McKee
Don Ross and Michael Manring: an acoustic guitarist and a bassist, each of them at the pinnacle of performance with their respective instruments. In September 1996, Canadian guitarist Don Ross managed to do what no other player has done: win the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time (he first won in 1988). The competition, held yearly in Winfield, Kansas, cannot be won only with immaculate technique, but the player's music must also display a high degree of emotion and intensity — hallmarks of Don's style. Borrowing freely from jazz, folk, rock and classical music, when asked, Don usually pigeonholes his music as "Heavy Wood"!
Renowned solo bassist Michael Manring (former tour-mate of Michael Hedges, and collaborator with Patti Larkin, Henry Kaiser, John Gorka and Thomas Dolby, among others) displays stunning virtuosity and originality on his chosen instrument, and shatters the commonly held belief that the bass is best reserved for supporting roles.
Among many other honors, Andy McKee earned first place in the 2004 Kansas Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. The young guitarist claims Don Ross as one of his greatest sources of inspiration.
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One of today's finest new fingerstyle guitarists, Andy McKee is lauded by many critics and guitarists as the most promising fingerstyle guitarist to arrive on the scene in some time. Born in 1979 in Topeka, Kansas, Andy began playing guitar on his 13th...
Don Ross (born November 19, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec to Scottish and Mi'kmaq parents) is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist noted for the emotion and intensity of his playing as well as his use of extended technique.
Ross' music borrows from rock, jazz, folk...
Michael Manring (born 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is an electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area (Northern California). In addition to a tenure as the in-house bassist for Windham Hill Records, Manring has recorded with Michael Hedges, Alex Skolnick (in...
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This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
