SLACK KEY FROM HAWAII & SLAP 'n TAP FINGER-STYLE GUITAR NIGHT!

Chris Yeaton, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

Adam Werner, Steel String & Harp Guitar


Hawaii born, Chris Yeaton, draws from a lineage of great Hawaiian Slack Key tradition. His musical inspiration and journey began with one of Hawaii's most celebrated musicians, Master Slack Key guitarist Keola Beamer, and continued with Big Island Slack Key master John Keawe. Along with traditional Slack Key pieces he incorporates a blend of contemporary Fingerstyle into his playing, drawing from other renowned artists such as, William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, Michael Hedges, William Coulter, & Peppino D’Agostino. Yeaton’s is a unique style of beautiful and progressive Slack Key. His 2nd album “Ho’o Pa’a, The Stand” was released in January of 2006. Chris Yeaton has toured nationally with guitar masters Keola Beamer and John Keawe. Yeaton also credits Gordon Rowland, Adam Werner, Patrick Landeza, & Brian Vasquez, as musical inspirations and teachers.
Yeaton continues to tour and shares musical venues and experiences with other musicians through the Woodsong Acoustics Group. (www.woodsongacoustics.com)

“ . . . Innovative and refreshing . . .” ~ Keola Beamer

“There's assurance and invention in his strumming; he's learned well and carries the tradition with dignity. Yeaton's got a Hawaiian soul and is one to watch. In time, he should be right up there with his mentors."
~Wayne Harada Honolulu Advertiser

“Chris Yeaton & Keola Beamer are truly world music treasures and a constant inspiration to lovers of Ki Ho 'alu everywhere . . .” ~ Mark Haselfeld

Adam Werner is a solo acoustic guitarist with an interest in unconventional techniques, styles and applications to fingerstyle guitar playing. His first album, “Apprentice of a Dead Man was followed by his debut label release, "Signatures," a 2008 Grammy Awards contender for Best New Age album, and has become a new addition to solo acoustic guitar. Merging the traditions of finger-style techniques with provocative percussive elements adds extra flavor to this music. A touch of electric bass, masterfully created by Kentaro Otsuka, is featured on this album. Adam has also produced “Woodsongs: An Acoustic Guitar Collection”, which is a 17 track guitar album of previously unreleased music from artists, such as: Will Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, Preston Reed, William Coulter, John Keawe as well as, Chris Yeaton, Michael Hewett, Scott Burwell, Dylan Schorer, Rudy Perrone, Robert Walling, and many others! This is an album NOT to be missed. Adam has performed with such people as Alex de Grassi, Michael Manring, William Coulter, Hawaiian Slack-Key Master John Keawe and Antonio Calogero.
“Adam Werner is a marvelous technician who requires more of himself than simple gymnastics. His music is both impressive technically and emotionally vocative.” ~Will Ackerman
“Adam does a great job of re-creating the feel of the classic Windham Hill recordings and adds a few twists of his own.”
-Michael Manring