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EVENTS

Weekend Guitar Workshop
with
Michel Lelong
at - La Pillerie 36400 Néret, France

31 Oct '08 - 02 Nov '08

Michel will teach American traditional music: country-blues, rag, Travis-picking, folk, old-time; and music theory on request.

Itinerary: 31 Oct '08 - Arrive: 5.30 pm - allocate accommodation
                                Dinner: 7.30 pm
              01 Nov '08 - Breakfast: 8.30 am
                                Workshop: 9.45 am
                                Tea/coffee break: 11.00 am
                                Workshop: 11.15 am
                                Lunch: 12.30 pm
                                Workshop: 2.00pm
                                Tea/coffee break: 3.30 pm
                                Workshop: 3.45 pm - 5.15 pm
                                Dinner: 7.30 pm
              02 Nov '08 - Breakfast: 8.30 am
                                Workshop: 9.45 am
                                Tea/coffee break: 11.00 am
                                Workshop: 11.15 am
                                Lunch: 12.30 pm
                                Depart

Fees: £165 - to include tuition, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner; and, for non-participating partner sharing room @ £50 each. 50% deposit required on booking - by cheque, credit or debit card. (Full refund if cancelled up to six weeks before commencement of workshop. No refund after that time.) Call or email to book using either credit or debit card.

Limited number of places - book early to avoid disappointment.
Please bring with you: a guitar, writing equipment; and if possible, a recorder.

Please ensure that you book the course by 14 September '08 before booking your transport. We reserve the right to cancel the workshop at any time without cost to ourselves if the required student numbers are not met. All monies received from students will be returned.

For all technical details: Michel Lelong - Tel: 00 33 2 47 75 19 26
Email: Mailody@wanadoo.fr - http://www.michel-lelong-music-house.com

For booking contact - John Crabb, La Pillerie, 36400 Néret, France - Tel: 00 33 2 54 31 42 35
Email - patricia.crabb@orange.fr

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Michel Lelong

Michel Lelong, born in 1961 in Tours (France), started practising guitar at the age of 13, influenced by his older brothers; all are fond of American traditional music. First, with the help of his older brother Jean-Marc, a self taught, talented, guitar player, Michel learned different country blues in the styles of Mississippi John Hurt, John Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Gary Davis etc. After these great blues and ragtime influences, Michel learned "note-by-note" by ear the traditional "Kentucky style", often called "Travis style". At 17, he started to teach guitar and, after having recorded his first LP in 1983, he was noticed by the American guitar player/musicologist/music publisher Stefan Grossman (one of the most renowned acoustic blues guitar pioneer teachers in the world).

In the 1980/90's, Michel released four tuition books with audiotapes on three legends of Country Guitar; Merle Travis, Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins. These books are still published by The Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, USA.

He recorded his first C.D. in 1996 with some of the best French blues and bluegrass musicians. The same year, Michel made his first tuition video on the country/blues styles for a French music.
He followed this up in 1997 with a tuition video on Celtic guitar techniques. In 1999, Michel produced a country blues guitar method (a book of 75 pages with CD showing ninety-nine examples and blues studies). A large range of country blues techniques are explained in detail. The music magazine critics consider this "pedagogic" book a "bible".

Michel's very busy schedule includes performing at many of the music festivals throughout France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, England, Belgium and Holland performing alongside the likes of Michael Roach, John Miller, Michael Messer, Jerry Ricks, Paul Geremia and many other European artists; while also finding time to teach guitar, organise guitar workshops, and write guitar methods.
Michel is an established solo artist playing many styles that require his skills on the guitar, banjo and fiddle. His versatility also leads him to participating with and being invited to play alongside many other artists of all levels. He is truly a guitarist's guitarist.