Pat Donohue is "a masterful guitarist and talented
singer-songwriter of blues, folk and jazz" (Los Angeles Times). His
talents are displayed weekly in his appearances on public radio's A
Prarie Home Companion, where his guitar playing, writing and singing
are featured regularly. The 1983 National Finger Picking Guitar Champion,
Donohue's style blends blues and folk in a critically acclaimed display of
guitar artistry. His original songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins,
Suzy Bogguss, Loose Ties and other national performers. He has been a
featured performer at major music festivals including the Newport Folk
Festival, Telluride Festival, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and
performs regularly in concerts and clubs around the country. Pat Donohue's
guitar skills are shared through his many teaching events. His extensive
travels for A Prarie Home Companion and his solo performance
engagements enable him to conduct in-person group workshops throughout the
country. He participates in teaching camps, and also had three
instructional videos. Although he went to college in Milwaukee and lived
and performed in Denver for a number of years, Pat is a life-long resident
of St. Paul, Minnesota, where he currently lives with his wife Susan and
daughter Daisy.
Pat Donohue - Jazz Classics For Fingerstyle
Guitar - Vol I - DVD
The overall theme of these lessons is to
show the roots of Classic Jazz using archival footage; how to arrange a jazz
composition and then how to improvise around the arrangement using various
techniques. Pat Donohue is a master of fingerstyle jazz guitar. He describes in
detail his arrangements as well as how to improvise upon the tunes. In the first
lesson of Classic Jazz for Fingerstyle Guitar, Pat presents three great Jazz
compositions: "Stormy Weather, St. Louis Blues" and "You Rascal You". Archival
footage is included that features Duke Ellington performing Stormy Weather with
Ivie Anderson from 1943; Bessie Smith singing St. Louis Blues from a rare 1929
film short and Louis Armstrong in 1942 doing You Rascal You.
(60 min)
Booklet
included.........................................................Price - $29.95
"St. Louis Blues"
Pat Donohue - Jazz Classics For Fingerstyle Guitar
- Vol II - DVD
In this second lesson of Jazz Classics for
Fingerstyle Guitar, Pat Donohue presents three arrangements: "Ain't Misbehavin';
Georgia On My Mind" and "Big Blind Bluesy". Pat describes in detail his
arrangements as well as how to improvise upon the tunes. Features 1941 archival
footage of Fats Waller performing Ain't Misbehavin' and Albert Ammons and Pete
Johnson playing a piano boogie duet from 1942. The overall theme of this series
of lessons is to show the roots of Classic Jazz via archival footage; how to
arrange a jazz composition and then how to improvise around the arrangement
using various techniques. Split-screen viewing is used showing what both hands
are playing.
(60 min)
Booklet
included.........................................................Price
- $29.95
"Ain't Misbehavin"
Pat Donohue - Rags To Rock - Advanced
Fingerstyle Solos - DVD
Are you interested in challenging, difficult and advanced fingerstyle solos that
stretch from a New Orleans
standard to
a Sonny Rollins' jazz classic to a Booker T & The MGs rock hit? If so, then
this DVD is for you!
Pat has
prepared a true Masterclass lesson that presents 6 great
arrangements that will
offer you endless
hours of fingerpicking challenges and delights! Songs include: "High
Society, Downtown
Stomp, St. Thomas,
The Mooch, Tequila, and Green Onions".
(100 min). Booklet
included......................................................Price - $29.95
"St. Thomas"
Pat Donohue - In
Concert at The Freight & Salvage - DVD
Pat Donohue combines the rare talent of being a superb guitar
player with that of writing excellent songs. He is also a showman that weaves
humor and wit into his performances. A concert with Pat can move you with his
songs such as Midnight Man and then astound you with his finger dexterity as he
blazed through Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. His tongue-in-cheek humor shows up
in his hilarious songs Bio and Stealing From Chet while his sentimentality is
apparent in Out On The Road To Kingdom Come. A concert with Pat Donohue is
all-encompassing and is a richly musical experience that will leave you asking
for more.
(65
min).......................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Pat Donohue - Guitar Artistry of Pat Donohue -
DVD
From swing to jazz to bottleneck blues to folk, Grammy winning acoustic
guitarist Pat Donohue plays it all with a flourish of artistry and melodic
inspiration. Chet Atkins called Pat one of the greatest fingerpickers in the
world today; Leo Kottke called his playing "haunting." Pat is certainly one of
the most listened to fingerpickers in the world. As the guitarist for the Guys
All-Star Shoe Band of Minnesota Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion, Pat
gets to show off his savvy licks and distinctive original songs to millions of
listeners each week. Pat's musical tastes are eclectic. Though he considers
himself foremost a folk guitarist, Pat's influences are rooted in bluesmen Blind
Blake, Robert Johnson, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and Miles
Davis. He manages to blend jazz and blues with folk, and the mix is seamless.
Over the years he has captivated audiences with his unique original
compositions, dazzling instrumentals and humorous song parodies. Titles include:
Road To Kingdom Come, Novacaine, Spike Driver's Blues, Shuffle Rag. West Coast
Blues, Kindhearted Woman, Cypress Grove, I Never Cried , Boogie Woogie Dance,
Mudslide, Stompin’ At The Savoy, The Mooche, The Hard Way, Stealing From Chet,
The Other End Of The Mississippi, Buddy The Blues, Would You Like To Play The
Guitar, My True Love and Louis Collins.
(77
min)........................................................................................Price
- $24.95
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