Schedule
12:15 – 3:15PM: Cigar Box Guitar-Making Workshop (SOLD OUT)
1:00PM – 3:00PM: Bottleneck Slide Guitar Workshop (FREE)
3:15PM – 4:15PM: Blues Harp Workshop (FREE)
FREE Workshop
3:15PM – 4:15PM
Blues Harp Workshop
Location:
2017 Utah Blues Festival
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
Marriott Hotel
Capital C Room
Facilitated by members of the Utah Blues Society
Hohner harmonicas will be given to the first 110 workshop attendees free of charge. We’ll teach you how to play a traditional blues harp riff and conduct an informal Q & A session to answer any questions you may have about playing your new blues harp. A portion of the workshop will be an intimate concert demonstrating how the blues harp blends with the blues guitar.
Registered Blues Festival Attendees may begin registering for this workshop at the Capital C Room at 3:00PM
FREE Workshop
1PM – 3PM
Bottleneck Guitar Slide Workshop
Location:
2017 Utah Blues Festival
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
Marriott Hotel
Capital C Room
Facilitated by members of the Utah Blues Society
During this hands-on workshop you’ll learn how to make your own slide out of the neck of a bottle the same way the blues players made them a hundred years ago. Once you’ve completed the process, you will have your own handmade bottleneck slide – Ready to Rip the Blues!
Workshop
THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT. THANK YOU EVERYONE!!
12:15PM – 3:15PM
Cigar Box Guitar-Making Workshop
Location:
2017 Utah Blues Festival
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
Marriott Hotel
Capital C Room
Facilitated by Dave Smith of Defiant Guitars
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll make your own fretless electric cigar box guitar. After you have completed the assembly, plug it in and listen to the sweet tone of your authentic cigar box guitar. This is a unique opportunity to make your own instrument and bottleneck slide. Become the down and dirty blues slide guitar player you’ve always dreamed of being. Parts & materials fee: $25. You will end up with a guitar valued at ~$250.
* THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT! *
