Podcast appearances and mentions of bert lams

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays Show, which aired live on Feb 6, 2022 from Celina, Texas. Special guest is keyboardist/vocalist Bill Jenkins, founder of Vast Conduit prog rock ensemble, who will discuss their debut album “Always Be There,” that releases on Feb. 16, 2022.“Always Be There” is dedicated to the notion of doing whatever we can to build and cherish all parent/child relationships, regardless of circumstance. There are so many different ways these can suffer – death, divorce, illness, self-centeredness, etc. – yet they are so vital to our happiness and well-being. Every moment we have to support each other and make each other's lives better is precious.Band Members include: Bill Jenkins (Enchant, Thought Chamber), guitarist Michael Harris (Arch Rival, Thought Chamber, Darkology, Michael Harris Tranz-Fusion), drummer Will Jenkins (Ghost and the City, Great Wall), bassist Jeff Plant (Thought Chamber), and violinist Jim Hurley who has performed with the likes of Blackmore, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Ancient Future, Queen Ida's Grammy-winning Bon Temps Zydeco Band and many more, and vocalist Friel. Guest artists include Tom Abraira, Bert Lams, Manon Roem, and Betsy Walter.More at https://www.vastconduit.com/Pre-release is available here: https://vastconduit.bandcamp.com/releases

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays Show, airing live from Celina Texas. Special guest is keyboardist/vocalist Bill Jenkins, founder of Vast Conduit prog rock ensemble, who will discuss their debut album “Always Be There,” that releases on Feb. 16, 2022. “Always Be There” is dedicated to the notion of doing whatever we can to build and cherish all parent/child relationships, regardless of circumstance. There are so many different ways these can suffer – death, divorce, illness, self-centeredness, etc. – yet they are so vital to our happiness and well-being. Every moment we have to support each other and make each other's lives better is precious. Band Members include: Bill Jenkins (Enchant, Thought Chamber), guitarist Michael Harris (Arch Rival, Thought Chamber, Darkology, Michael Harris Tranz-Fusion), drummer Will Jenkins (Ghost and the City, Great Wall), bassist Jeff Plant (Thought Chamber), and violinist Jim Hurley who has performed with the likes of Blackmore, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Ancient Future, Queen Ida's Grammy-winning Bon Temps Zydeco Band and many more, and vocalist Friel.  Guest artists include Tom Abraira, Bert Lams, Manon Roem, and Betsy Walter. More at https://www.vastconduit.com/ Pre-release is available here: https://vastconduit.bandcamp.com/releases

In this episode of the Creative Spaces podcast, we talk to Tom Griesgraber. Tom is one of the world’s most respected performers on The Chapman Stick, a unique 12-string instrument that affords Tom the ability to express his musical ideas. He has toured as a solo artist with Bert Lams (of the California Guitar Trio), Agent 22, and Jerry Marotta. He has performed as an opening act for The Tony Levin Band, Carl Palmer, The Dixie Dregs, Steve Hackett, Adrian Belew, Al Dimeola, Stanley Jordan, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, Muriel Anderson, Tower of Power, Asia, Michael Manring, Tim Reynolds, and many others. Tom is also an accomplished producer and engineer for artists like the California Guitar Trio, RyMo (of Slightly Stoopid), Peter Pupping, and more. Tom is joining us today from his personal studio in California. Tom shares info about what inspired him to learn how to play The Chapman Stick, how he turned his childhood home into his personal studio, and the joy of skateboarding. For more info about Tom, go to: https://tomgriesgraber.com/home https://www.facebook.com/TomGmusic https://www.youtube.com/user/thossounds Click the player below to listen, or stream live anywhere you listen to podcasts! 

THE CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly explores the intersections between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. It even throws in the occasional surf or spaghetti Western tune for good measure. Comprised of Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya and Paul Richards, the group has established a unique, personal connection with audiences. CGT�s 14 albums, streamed over 47 million times on Pandora, offer diverse snapshots of the group�s mercurial muse. The trio�s most recent release Masterworks showcases its classical side, with expansive takes on Bach, Beethoven, Arvo P�rt, and Schubert. SUGAR BLUE is the Grammy Award winner who has played with legends from Willie Dixon to The Rolling Stones. He�s been called “One of the foremost harmonica blowers in all of Modern blues�� (Rolling Stone MAGAZINE) He began his career as a street musician and made his first recordings in 1975 with legendary blues figures Brownie McGhee and Roosevelt Sykes. Sugar Blue has played and recorded with musicians ranging from Willie Dixon to Stan Getz to Frank Zappa to Johnny Shines to Bob Dylan, he is perhaps best known for his signature riff and solo on the Rolling Stones� hit “Miss You.� His new release is �Voyage� on M.C. Records. WoodSongs Kid: Matt Chalk is young bluesman from Grove City, Ohio. This 16 years old received a Generation Blues Scholarship from the Blues Foundation last year.

Adam Renn Olenn | December 10, 2013 Until you’ve seen a Chapman Stick performed live, the music it produces sounds too big to be real. A twelve-string electric instrument, it’s sort of like a guitar and a bass fused together, but played with a pianistic tapping of the fingers to activate the strings, instead of plucking or strumming them. And one of the best Chapman Stick players in the world is Tom Griesgraber. Griesgraber first learned of Berklee while taking music lessons as a high school student. After attending a Berklee in LA session, he set his heart on Berklee, but knew he had his work cut out for him to succeed there. Griesgraber began taking courses at MiraCosta college, and soon distinguished himself, tutoring other students, recording, and helping with administrative duties. He then transferred to Berklee, and two years later graduated summa cum laude. Griesgraber has performed with or opened for the California Guitar Trio, the Tony Levin Band, the Dixie Dregs, Adrian Belew, Tower of Power, the Bad Plus, and many, many more, as well as playing the Grammy Awards after-party. He’s currently writing, performing, and co-producing the sophomore album by Rymo of Slightly Stoopid, and plans to tour the U.S. and Europe this spring with his duo, Unnamed Lands, with Bert Lams of the California Guitar Trio.

Guitarist Paul Richards is our guest and we will talk about his work with the California Guitar Trio! With fellow guitarists Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, the California Guitar Trio has developed quite a following with its music that intersects between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. Since 1991, the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. Paul also studied with Robert Fripp with his Guitar Craft course and actually met Bert and Hideyo studying with Fripp and also touring with Fripp as part of Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. We will talk with Paul about playing with the Trio, the gear they use, and their music. And we will explore Paul using Fripp's unusual tuning for guitar. It's a great night of tone, gear and technique!

Guitarist Paul Richards is our guest and we will talk about his work with the California Guitar Trio! With fellow guitarists Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, the California Guitar Trio has developed quite a following with its music that intersects between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. Since 1991, the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. Paul also studied with Robert Fripp with his Guitar Craft course and actually met Bert and Hideyo studying with Fripp and also touring with Fripp as part of Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. We will talk with Paul about playing with the Trio, the gear they use, and their music. And we will explore Paul using Fripp's unusual tuning for guitar. It's a great night of tone, gear and technique!

Guitarist Paul Richards is our guest and we will talk about his work with the California Guitar Trio! With fellow guitarists Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, the California Guitar Trio has developed quite a following with its music that intersects between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. Since 1991, the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. Paul also studied with Robert Fripp with his Guitar Craft course and actually met Bert and Hideyo studying with Fripp and also touring with Fripp as part of Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. We will talk with Paul about playing with the Trio, the gear they use, and their music. And we will explore Paul using Fripp's unusual tuning for guitar. It's a great night of tone, gear and technique!

The music of Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams, Sandy Shalk

Bert Lams plays JS Bach (plus interview!)

The CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO (CGT) is Bert Lams from Belgium, Hideyo Moriya from Japan, and Paul Richards from Utah. Together, their technical wizardry is breathtaking, as is the wide range of instrumental music the group renders... everything from unique originals to dazzling, cleverly-arranged interpretations of jazz, classical music, and surf rock. The members of CGT met while studying under Robert Fripp and performing with Fripp's "League of Crafty Guitarists." In 1995, CGT toured worldwide with King Crimson. CGT�s new CD is called Andromeda. PATTY LARKIN has been redefining the boundaries of folk-urban pop music for 25 years with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Her songs run from impressionistic poetry to witty wordplay. In 2010, Patty Larkin releases a collectible collection of 25 love songs in celebration of 25 years in the recording industry. Here Patty has reworked 25 of her favorite songs in an acoustic, “unplugged� release, joined by friends along the way.