Performing & Visual Arts
Class: Fun with Bossa Nova on Guitar
Four Monday evenings, January 19th through February 9th from 6:00-6:50 pm
We will be in the main venue at Artichoke Music!
Learn rhythms and chords of a few progressions and songs from this lovely Brazilian style of the 1950s-60s. For singer-guitarists, although if you play a different instrument and are interested, check with instructor.
Guitarists can be at any level except complete beginner.
You should be comfortable changing chords and keeping a beat, and willing to try new things, practice daily between sessions, and have fun!
Bring an acoustic guitar (nylon string preferred).
Steve Cheseborough is a cult figure among aficionados of 1920s-30s-style blues.
His chilling re-creations of Bo Carter, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and
other early blues masters turn any setting into a jook joint for the night.
Cheseborough also is a respected authority on the blues, as author of the
acclaimed guidebook Blues Traveling: the Holy Sites of Delta Blues, and a contributor
to Living Blues, Acoustic Guitar and other publications. He appeared in the
documentary Last of the Mississippi Jukes, also featuring Morgan Freeman and Chris
Thomas King, and was host and musical director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s
nationally distributed “Blues Breaks.” He holds a master's in Southern Studies from
the University of Mississippi, and has lectured on blues topics at academic
conferences. He has taught at Port Townsend Country Blues Workshop and Puget
Sound Guitar Workshop, as well as at colleges and festivals. His performances on
riverboats and at festivals, museums, schools, nightclubs, jook joints and private
events combine stories, history and live performance.
“Sure, Ken Burns is good at research. But can he play guitar? Burns has made
documentaries about jazz, but can he sing? Steve Cheseborough can, and does, in one-
man shows that bring the Delta blues to life.” – Oregon Coast Today
