To Order Online ...
Use the Shopping Cart buttons beside each item
To Order By Cheque or Money Order ...
Print and mail this order form
4 On 6
The Voice in the Grain
Caffeinated Coffee
Six Strings North of the Border Box Set
Masters of Fingerstyle Guitar - Vol. 1
4 On 6
4 on 6 is a collection of 12 classic tunes by The Beatles arranged for solo guitar.
I grew up with their music as the soundtrack to my youth. Now, almost 45 years later, I still can't quit humming the tunes. The melodies are so strong and the chord progressions so malleable they can easily be bent and reshaped without breaking. This makes them ideal material for arranging for guitar.
For some years I've enjoyed doing exactly this and I now find myself with a fair collection of these arrangements. Some of them simply try to capture on six strings the energy and spirit of the original, while others are reinterpretations. My previous CDs have featured a couple of Beatles tunes, but I decided that a CD dedicated to them would be in order. 4 On 6 is the result of this labour of love.
The Voice in the Grain
Nominated For Outstanding Instrumental Album
2004 Western Canadian Music Awards
The Voice in the Grain is a collection of six original compositions by Bob Evans alongside six of his distinctive arrangements of works by Lennon and McCartney, Vince Guraldi, Henry Mancini, Joe Carpenter and Mike Nelson.
Readers of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine will recognize The Slippery Slope and Dune as having been featured in recent issues of that publication.
"Bob effuses the melodic spirit of Chet Atkins and the fiery verve of Tommy Emmanuel with his own sense of humour here. Never self indulgent, each track is quick to the richly spirited and melodic chase."
Penguin Eggs - Fall 2004 - Dave McDonald
"Evans' choice of material shows both a sense of humor and his love of a challenge; ... These arrangements raise the bar for steel-string fingerpickers in terms of technique and selecting material."
Minor 7th - Oct 2004 - Patrick Ragains
Caffeinated Coffee
Outstanding Instrumental Album
2000 Canadian Prairie Music Awards
Caffeinated Coffee was originally conceived of simply as a demo to send out to folk clubs in search of engagements. Since then the award-winning recording has received praise from guitar aficiandos around the world.
The album features 7 original compositions by Bob Evans, along with his arrangements of tunes by Lennon and McCartney, Ray Bell and Joel Fafard, and his cover of two fingerstyle guitar classics: Leo Kottke's Bean Time and Tom Rush's Rockport Sunday.
"Evans has a strong sense of melody in his playing, and he can sketch a story with a tune, . . . This is a well-crafted solo guitar release that leaves you wanting to hear more"
Dirty Linen June/July 2000
"... a veritable blooming, a wellspring of artistry and riveting fingerstyle conceptions."
Minor 7th - May 2000- Alan Fark
Six Strings North of the Border Box Set
Borealis Records has taken the three volumes of its Six Strings North of the Border series and packaged them as a box set.
This collection features 47 of Canada's finest acoustic guitarists. It's a great introduction to the Canadian acoustic guitar scene.
Disc 1
|
Disc 2
|
Disc 3
|
Masters of Fingerstyle Guitar - Vol. 1
From Mel Bay Publications a DVD of 13 fingerstyle guitar performances featuring Bob Evans, Craig Dobbins and John Standefer
The DVD features each guitarist performing 4 original compositions or arrangements for solo fingerstyle guitar, as well as a trio piece.
Also included are interviews with each of guitarist discussing their musical influences, technique and approaches to arranging.
" ... some of the finest fingerstyle players the world has to offer."
Bill Piburn, Editor of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine
Bob Evans
- Khamenkule
- Slippery Slope
- On the Tip of the Tongue
- Got To Get You Into My Life
Craig Dobbins
- Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
- Through the Tears
- Anytime
- Eight Days a Week
John Standefer
- I'll See You in My Dreams
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Brand New Life
- It's Only a Paper Moon