Scott Law to teach guitar workshop and perform in Long Beach

Published 4:00 pm Monday, March 4, 2013

LONG BEACH, Wash. – The Peninsula Arts Center will host a guitar workshop with Scott Law from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9.

At 5 p.m. that evening, Law will perform in concert; admission is $12 at the door.

Law’s “Free-Range Guitar” Workshop will focus on how to apply what you already know to expand your fretboard freedom. The 90-minute workshop will feature demonstration, discussion and participation regarding all things musical where the guitar is concerned, with tips for understanding your chosen instrument through a range of topics that might include left and right hand technique, chord shapes and movement, improvising, music theory and how to practice more effectively. Participants can also expect to learn a lick or two.

The workshop is for all levels, including beginners. Cost is $25.

A consummate musician and songwriter, Law embodies the ideal of the steel-string guitar master, widely known by audiences and fellow musicians alike for his original tunes, articulate phrasing, silvery tone and knack for raising the energy level and musicality of any collaboration. Besides his work as a bandleader, career highlights include being chosen by bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead to play Jerry Garcia’s “Wolf” guitar at a Red Rocks Amphitheater benefit event, his longtime stage and songwriting partnerships with The String Cheese Incident and his association with legendary fiddler Darol Anger.

Law’s songs and story-like solos come straight from the heart of rhythm and blues, vintage country, bluegrass and rock-n-roll, melding contemporary life experience with deep musical heritage. Fluent in both acoustic and electric genres, Law’s alternately chiming and grinding melodic concept bears favorable comparison to the greatest innovators and practitioners of American guitar. A fearless improviser, he is lauded as a brilliant and versatile instrumentalist who has earned himself a dedicated following by constantly evolving his craft and delivering a different show experience with every performance.

The Long Beach Peninsula Arts Center is located at 504 Pacific Ave., N., and can be reached at 360-642-2011, or log on to http://peninsulaartscenter.org

For more about the musician, visit www.scottlawmusic.com