 Here is the list of the Festival 2008 musicians
Paul Pigat – BC, Canada – incredibly versatile – everything from classical to funk - multi-award winner.
Sun/Moyer Nashville – Have played together for over 15 years. True craftsmen, songsmiths and entertainers - Americana with some spice thrown into the mix.
Esteban Bello - – San Francisco – Latin musician trained by Andres Segovia.
Mark Wayne Glasmire – Texas – a gifted singer/songwriter and finalist for many music awards – passionate and soulful – played in front of 8000 of our countries troops - country sound with a great voice and great audience appeal.
Thom Davis – Seattle – a multi-instrumentalist playing the blues
Ebony Tay – Canada – Juillard trained – very world, unique sound, incorporates many different styles and techniques and packs a punch!
Roger Scannura - – Canada – Flamenco player who will have a true Flamenco dancer with him in full Flamenco dress. Think this will be a treat.
Melissa Mitchell – Chicago – Soulful, conscious, mellow – folky with a great stage presence.
Cain/Molina – Mexico/US – Latin, Bossa Nova – multi instrumentalists - these 2 have played for many years and have amazing experience between them.
Twelve Strings – Berlin, Germany – an acoustic, classical duo who do their own compositions. Very popular at last year’s festival.
Chris Dunnett – Cincinnati, Ohio – an instrumentalist whose style ranges from rock to Flamenco, classical, fusion and finger style. A big crowd pleaser who was at last year’s festival.
Pat Guadagno – New Jersey – a return from last year and called a “well-traveled troubadour” with a remarkable repertoire that spans Country, Rock, Blues and Soul.
Vicki Genfen – New Jersey – known for her different tunings, and recognized as one of the world’s great guitarists. Jazz infused folk with a strong stage presence.
David/Nyan Feder –Florida Keys - returning for their 3rd year – 11 year old Nyan plays awesomely along with Dad, Dave. A charismatic presence in the American-Gypsy-World music scene.
Bebo Whitehead – Nashville – Has played lead guitar for the past 7 years with Dr. Hook. A 2005 festival participant – Country with some rock ‘n roll and blues thrown in.
Eric McFadden – San Francisco – combines flamenco, funk and heavy metal forming a very unique and strong style.
Jenny Kerr - San Francisco – along with Phil (Philbillie) Milner, this multi-instrumentalist has won many awards and derives her style from Delta Blues and country sources, A return participant from the 1st and 2nd festivals.
Ruben Reyes - Classical musician out of Toluca, Mexico - A Guitarfest 2007 participant.
Local Musicians participating in Guitarfest 2008:
Jose Luis Cobo
Eric Reid
Roberto Martinez
Juanito Zihua
Alejandro Pico/Pablo Perez
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