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<\/a><\/p>\nJuly 26-August 2, 2015 Join us for this annual country blues gathering! The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues workshop is held at Fort Worden State Park, one of the Pacific Northwest\u2019s most stunning and inspiring landscapes.<\/p>\n Unique and compelling about this particular workshop is the focus and intention put on a narrow band of early blues music, with preservation as the goal while honoring the offshoots of that core style of music. The primary core is acoustic pre-war (1920s and 1930s) country blues, the African-American cultures it grew out of and their traditions. Steeped in the rich music and cultures of rural communities of the Southern USA, this workshop gives attention to styles typified by the different players from various regions (Piedmont, the Mississippi Delta, Hill Country, and Texas), the differences in technique as well as how to get the proper sounds of these styles out of your instrument. The music is the primary focus of the multi-generational in-residence workshop week but the downhome back-porch vibe of the country blues culture creates a community vibe that lends a family gathering feel to the week.<\/p>\n To preserve country blues we need new blues, new songs, new players and new sounds along with the originals, songs and sounds that move the genre forward while honoring its rich rural traditions. This week is designed to inform your playing with the traditions of country blues, and make you a better musician \u2013 you\u2019ll hang out, jam and swap tunes with interesting, accomplished, and fun bearers of acoustic blues traditions. You\u2019ll take part in daily classes and serious music making in the evenings with some of the finest acoustic blues players working today.<\/p>\n Details on our 2015 workshop are still under development but we do have confirmations from a few of the faculty including: Paul Asbell,\u00a0Sunpie Barnes,\u00a0Michael Jerome Browne,\u00a0Andy Cohen,\u00a0Daryl Davis,\u00a0Rich DelGrosso,\u00a0Pat Donohue,\u00a0Tom Feldmann,\u00a0Mary Flower,\u00a0Samuel James,\u00a0Steve James,\u00a0Micah Kesselring,\u00a0John Miller,\u00a0Dean Mueller,\u00a0Lauren Sheehan,\u00a0Cyd Smith,\u00a0Alice Stuart,\u00a0Valerie Turner,\u00a0Lightnin\u2019 Wells,\u00a0Phil Wiggins. Check back in as we confirm the remaining faculty\u2026<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n