Bob Evans

From Windy and Warm to Khamenkule

Bob Evans — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 03:28:12 +0000

Khamenkule is a piece I wrote as a tribute to John D. Loudermilk's fingerstyle guitar classic Windy and Warm.

In the world of fingerstyle guitar music there is a small group of pieces that have endured over the decades and become part of a core repertoire that almost everyone who plays fingerstyle seems to dip in to at some point. Windy and Warm is certainly part of that group, along with other classics, like Freight Train, Classical Gas, and Blackbird.

The Beatles – You Can’t Do That

Bob Evans — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:28:25 +0000

"You Can’t Do That” is an early rocker written by John Lennon. I first heard it sometime back in 1964 on The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally. I still remember this song standing out as having a darker, edgier colour than a lot of their other early songs. Harrison’s ”Don’t Bother Me” stood out in a similar way for me.

Maple Leaf Rag – complete … at last

Bob Evans — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 16:07:12 +0000

Some forty five years ago I got caught up in the ragtime music revival of the early 70s. A combination of the success of Joshua Rifkin's Nonesuch recordings of Scott Joplin's works, the soundtrack of the movie The Sting - which turned The Entertainer in a major hit record- , and probably the fact that Joplin's music was moving into the Public Domain making it cheap to publish, all came together to resurrect this musical style.

Video lesson for Blackbird is now available

Bob Evans — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:02:33 +0000

A video lesson of my arrangement of Blackbird is now available in the Acoustic Tonic Music Store. The lesson includes a transcription of the arrangement, a 30 minute video lesson and a reference performance video.

Video Lesson for The Slippery Slope Now Available

Bob Evans — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 04:46:01 +0000

The Slippery Slope is an original composition of mine celebrating a slip in' and a slidin' on the fretboard. A transcription and MP3 bundle is now available in the Acoustic Tonic Music Store

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Bob Evans — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:26:50 +0000

This is one of my favourite songs for the Christmas season. The title says it all, although the original lyrics were a bit more ambiguous.
Have Yourself Merry Little Christmas was written for the 1944 film Meet Me In St. Louis, starring Judy Garland. Garland balked at singing the original lyrics

Nylon and Steel – Exploring the Acoustic Guitar

Bob Evans — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 03:07:00 +0000

I am teaming up with classical guitarist Brad Mahon to present an evening of music and stories for and about the guitar. We’re calling it Nylon and Steel – Exploring the Acoustic Guitar and will be doing two shows in Regina on June 13 and 14. Performing on two similar, yet distinct, forms of the… Read More »

Good King Wenceslas … or is it?

Bob — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:30:45 +0000

Transcription available Level: Int/Adv Tuning: Standard Tuning Includes Transcription + MP3 Good King Wenceslas always struck me as a bit odd when I was a kid. I liked the tune. But the lyrics seemed a bit different from other Christmas carols in that they didn’t seem to specifically reference Christmas itself. “Away in a… Read More »

Transcriptions – Christmas

Bob Evans — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:06:06 +0000

Blackbird

Bob — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:42:02 +0000

Blackbird is one of Paul McCartney's little masterpieces. With my penchant for arranging The Beatles for solo guitar this is one song I couldn't ignore.