Edward Gerhard

Ed Gerhard (Edward Gerhard) is an American Grammy Award winning guitarist. He is known for his acoustic fingerstyle guitar.[1][2] and lap steel guitar music.[3]

Ed Gerhard playing a Breedlove dreadnought guitar at the Canadian Guitar Festival in 2014. Photo Marcus Vichert

Early life

Gerhard was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, and began playing the guitar at age fourteen. Initially influenced by an Andrés Segovia performance on television, Gerhard was also exposed to the playing of Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie McTell, Dave Van Ronk and John Fahey.

Career

Gerhard most often performed solo, but would often act as an accompanist and sideman for other musicians. His ensemble work can be heard on recordings by Arlo Guthrie and Jorma Kaukonen. Influenced by John Fahey, Gerhard began composing and arranging music for solo guitar in an array of alternate tunings.

In 1987, Gerhard released his first album, Night Birds.[4] Virtue Records was established in 1991 as a record label for instrumental acoustic guitar and as the exclusive label for Ed Gerhard.

Every December since 1982, Gerhard has performed a seasonal concert in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Recent shows over two nights included a food drive for the Seacoast Family Food Pantry. In addition, a portion of proceeds from the concerts benefited the ACT ONE; Artists’ Collaborative Theatre of New England.[5]

Gerhard was awarded a Grammy award for his participation in the 2004 CD Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar (Solid Air SACD2048), for which he arranged and performed “Moon River.”[6]

In 2012, after six years of work, Gerhard release the album There and Gone.[7]

Gerhard tours in North America, Europe, and Asia. He lives with his wife Kelli in rural New Hampshire, where he moved in 1977.

Breedlove Ed Gerhard Signature Model Guitar

Breedlove Guitars released the “Ed Gerhard Signature Model” guitar in 1997. The guitar became one of Breedlove's best-selling guitars and won the "Player's Choice Award" by Acoustic Guitar Magazine in 2000.[8]

In collaboration with Gerhard, Breedlove also released a Weissenborn guitar in which traditional design is combined with modern features and contemporary wood combinations.

Recordings

Albums

In Compilations

Soundtracks

In works by others

Video

Books

References

  1. ↑ Tim Brookes (2005). Guitar: An American Life. Grove Press. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-0-8021-1796-0.
  2. ↑ W. R. Philbrick (1 May 1989). Tough Enough. New American Library. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-451-15998-4.
  3. ↑ "Walking On Ledges". review by Steve Jerrett- KOPN's Sunday Morning Coffeehouse
  4. 1 2 3 "'There And Gone' - New Album From Grammy Award-winning Guitarist Ed Gerhard". - Top 40 Charts.
  5. ↑ "Guitar virtuoso Ed Gerhard returns for 32nd year of Christmas concerts". Seacoast Online, by By Christopher Hislop, December 18. 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ed Gerhard performs at NH1 ahead of 32nd annual holiday concert". NH1 New Hampshire.
  7. ↑ "Album Review: Ed Gerhard - 'There and Gone'. Premier Guitar. Andy Ellis, November 05, 2012
  8. ↑ Player's Choice Award". Acoustic Guitar Magazine, 2000.
  9. ↑ "Ed Gerhard". Acoustic Folk and Country Blues
  10. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (19 January 2002). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 16–. ISSN 0006-2510.

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