MUSICIAN'S WORKSHOP
Taught by Robert Bowlin
CD & Tablature
Level 3
Robert Bowlin is the 1979 National Guitar Champion. He has been a member of the
Bobby Bare Band, & the "final" Fiddler for Bill Monroe & the
Bluegrass Boys. This course has tablature for both the melody solo & the
harmony part that fits it. For intermediate-advanced players. The melody solo
is recorded in the left channel & the harmony (twin) is in the right for
isolation purposes. It is also a "beautiful listening album". After
the album plays at full speed, there is a slow speed played of the melody followed
by a slow speed of the twin part for every song. The audio is accompanied by:
Dan Huckabee-dobro, & Robert himself on banjo, fiddle, guitar & bass.
Songs Include: Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Roanoke, Festival Waltz, Scotland, Gypsy
Swing, Jerusalem Ridge, 8th of January, Apple Blossom, Opus 57, Snowball (CD & Tab)
*Robert Bowlin is the "cover story" in the Sept/Oct issue of "FLATPICKING
GUITAR MAGAZINE"
We affectionately call Robert Bowlin . . ."The World's Greatest Bluegrass
Guitar Player." Robert was the 1979 National Guitar Champion & Bill
Monroe's final fiddle player. As a Blue Grass Boy: Robert Bowlin was the last
fiddler to join the Blue Grass Boys. He plays on the recording of "Boston
Boy" that closes the boxed set "Music of Bill Monroe, 1936-1994" Recording
Sessions: 1/9/1994 He has created audio lessons in twin guitar and twin mandolin
playing for Musician's Workshop, and has recorded as a sideman with many bluegrass
and country artists. As of late 2001 he was playing fiddle with the Osborne Brothers.
Robert is the cover story in the Sept/Oct 2001 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.