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Stefan Grossman
A Retrospective
by Mark Humphrey
In a sense, we have his father’s aversion to the saxophone to thank for Stefan Grossman’s lifelong engagement with the acoustic guitar. It entered his life as his brother Karl, three years Stefan’s senior, took up the saxophone. After a few squawk-filled weeks, Herbert Grossman wasn’t happy. “He would have him practice in the closet because it was too loud,” Stefan recalls. Like all kid brothers, Stefan wanted to imitate Karl, but wasn’t keen on practicing in a closet. A quieter instrument – a guitar, for instance – would be less grating on paternal nerves. “My father got a guitar from a Goodwill Shop,“ Stefan recalls, “an old Gibson F-hole.” The year was 1954. Stefan Grossman was nine.
Almost a half century later, Stefan’s name has become synonymous with most aspects of the acoustic guitar experience. He’s a performer in varied styles who has always been passionately engaged in teaching. In the thirty years since his How to Play Blues Guitar appeared on vinyl, Stefan has used all available media—books, cassettes, LPs, CDs, videos—in disseminating information to guitarists of all levels. “That’s what life is all about,” he says, “receiving and giving informatio
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January 2004
Article vulgar Katie Young
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