Saturday, February 6th, 2010
You may recall that last summer I performed in Nashville at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention with my student and friend Markku Wainman. That was great fun for me, but I have to tell you that Markku sounds even better on his own. I am glad to see that he has just started his own channel on YouTube. So far he has two videos that are both well worth watching!
First Markku gets mellow with a fine solo guitar version of Blue Moon as arranged by John Knowles. Click here to watch it.
Next he performs at a benefit concert for Haiti, starting with a smoking version of Guitar Boogie that features some incredible improvisation. He then joins banjo, fiddle, and drums for some down home bluegrass pickin’. Click here to watch this one.
I can tell you honestly from watching this young man develop over the past 6 years that this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as his talent goes. Expect great things from this young artist!
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