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St Patrick In the Spirit

Album: Eire Isle of the Saints

Released: Apr 27, 2006

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Genre: Acoustic / Ambient / Classical
Location Portland OR, US
Profile Views: 102368
Last Login: 3/12/2012
Member Since 4/24/2006
Website http://www.johndoan.com
Record Label Hearts O' Space, Narada, Windham Hill, & Tapestry
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...... .. .. .. .. .. .. IN CONCERT CLIPS .. .. .. .. .. PATRICK IN THE SPIRIT; STORY AND SONG ON LOCATION AT TARA/SLANE IRELAND DVD PROJECT IN PROGRESS .. .. .. .. .. FERNADO SOR HARPOLYRE 1830 .. .................... ...................... ..*Please include your State and Country when joining my e-mail list so that I can avoid sending you information for shows that are out of your area. :).... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..John Doan, one of the few masters of the rare twenty-string harp guitar, has performed with a diverse range of artists including pop star Donovan, folk legend Burl Ives, jazz ace Larry Carlton, as a member of the New Christy Minstrels with Randy Sparks, among others and his virtuoso playing and arranging has attracted praise from no less a guitar luminary than Chet Atkins. He recently contributed a chapter to "Between the Strings - the Secret Lives of Guitars" a veritable compendium of the world's greatest guitarists with introduction by B.B. King. He has appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Post and Billboard Magazine as well as staring in two much-loved television specials produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting: "A Christmas to Remember With John Doan" (seen on PBS) and his Emmy nominated "A Victorian Christmas With John Doan." His latest recordings on Hearts O' Space Records have been nominated for "Best Celtic Album of the Year" with Eire - Isle of the Saints winning that title. His music has also been featured on numerous prime-time television and movie productions including Walt Disney, among others. His lastest video project is a 90 minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled "In Search of the Harp Guitar." John recently hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor of Music. He lives near Salem with his wife Deirdra atop of an extinct volcano overlooking the Willamette Valley (he is hoping his view will not be enhanced in the coming years)... .. .... I edited my profile with ..Thomas' Myspace Editor V3.6..! .... BUYING A HARP GUITAR!!! The first thing I would recommend is to go to my website www.johndoan.com and order my latest DVD titled "In Search of the Harp Guitar" which goes inside the leading workshops where harp guitars are made. I am particularly excited about the work of Stephen Sedgwick of England .. for quality and price. Mike Doolin in Oregon .. is also a fine maker. His harp guitars begin around $8K. Learn about Harp Guitars at www.harpguitars.net (Jeffrey Elliott & John Sullivan designed and constructed John's 20 string Harp Guitar in 1986)
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..John Doan performs and composes for the 20 stringed Harp Guitar. He also plays dozens of other stringed instruments including the classical guitar, three necked Harpolyre, vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute, harpolyre, lyre guitar, classical banjo and banjuerine, numerous American zithers,mandolin, uke, etc. .. His Celtic Pilgrimage concert features his music for the harp guitar along with storytelling and a multimedia presentation. Both his recordings Eire and Wayfarer were nominated for "Best Celtic Album of the Year" with Eire winning the title. .. His Victorian Christmas concert features two dozen authentic instruments from a century ago along with storytelling and slides of archival photos of people making their own music. This program was broadcast on PBS affiliates and was nominated for "Best Entertainment Special of the Year." .. John also performs concerts that feature the harp guitar that draw upon his travels and across styles that range from American folk song to Jimi Hendrix. .. CD's and DVD's of all of the above are available at www.johndoan.com..
Influences
..John's music influences span centuries and cross various musical styles from renaissance lute and vihuela music (John Dowland, Francisco De Milano, Luis De Navarez), classical guitar music (Fernando Sor, Issac Albeniz, Heitor Villa Lobos), to American fingerstyle and country blues guitar (John Hurt, John Fahey, John Renbourn, Stephen Grossman, Alex Degrassi, among others. The Celtic music of Alan Stivell (Renaissance of the Celtic Harp), O'Carolan, The Bothy Band, and the Cheiftains also have influenced John's music. American contemporary styles of surf music (The Ventures), and various rock styles from rock and roll (Chuck Berry), folk rock (The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young), British Invasion (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Donovan), and the piano styling of Fats Waller and George Winston) can also be found in John's music. The jazz stylings of Glenn Miller, Kenny Rankin, and Antonio Carlos Jobim also have impacted his music... .. .. .. .. .. MERRY CHRISTMAS.....SONG WRITTEN AND FILMED BY MY WIFE DEIRDRA WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ME...JOHN DOAN
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..John's music explores contemporary guitar stylings in the American fingerstyle movement. Other artists include Alex DeGrassi, William Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Pierre Bensusan, among others. His music has been categorized as New Age, World Music, Acoustic which includes artists such as Enya, Lorena McKinett, George Winston, Nightnoise, among others... .. ..

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IN CONCERT CLIPS

PATRICK IN THE SPIRIT; STORY AND SONG ON LOCATION AT TARA/SLANE IRELAND DVD PROJECT IN PROGRESS

FERNADO SOR HARPOLYRE 1830 ..

*Please include your State and Country when joining my e-mail list so that I can avoid sending you information for shows that are out of your area. :)

.. John Doan, one of the few masters of the rare twenty-string harp guitar, has performed with a diverse range of artists including pop star Donovan, folk legend Burl Ives, jazz ace Larry Carlton, as a member of the New Christy Minstrels with Randy Sparks, among others and his virtuoso playing and arranging has attracted praise from no less a guitar luminary than Chet Atkins. He recently contributed a chapter to "Between the Strings - the Secret Lives of Guitars" a veritable compendium of the world's greatest guitarists with introduction by B.B. King. He has appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Post and Billboard Magazine as well as staring in two much-loved television specials produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting: "A Christmas to Remember With John Doan" (seen on PBS) and his Emmy nominated "A Victorian Christmas With John Doan." His latest recordings on Hearts O' Space Records have been nominated for "Best Celtic Album of the Year" with Eire - Isle of the Saints winning that title. His music has also been featured on numerous prime-time television and movie productions including Walt Disney, among others. His lastest video project is a 90 minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled "In Search of the Harp Guitar." John recently hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor of Music. He lives near Salem with his wife Deirdra atop of an extinct volcano overlooking the Willamette Valley (he is hoping his view will not be enhanced in the coming years). ..

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V3.6!

BUYING A HARP GUITAR!!! The first thing I would recommend is to go to my website www.johndoan.com and order my latest DVD titled "In Search of the Harp Guitar" which goes inside the leading workshops where harp guitars are made. I am particularly excited about the work of Stephen Sedgwick of England .. for quality and price. Mike Doolin in Oregon .. is also a fine maker. His harp guitars begin around $8K. Learn about Harp Guitars at www.harpguitars.net (Jeffrey Elliott & John Sullivan designed and constructed John's 20 string Harp Guitar in 1986)

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John Doan performs and composes for the 20 stringed Harp Guitar. He also plays dozens of other stringed instruments including the classical guitar, three necked Harpolyre, vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute, harpolyre, lyre guitar, classical banjo and banjuerine, numerous American zithers,mandolin, uke, etc. His Celtic Pilgrimage concert features his music for the harp guitar along with storytelling and a multimedia presentation. Both his recordings Eire and Wayfarer were nominated for "Best Celtic Album of the Year" with Eire winning the title. His Victorian Christmas concert features two dozen authentic instruments from a century ago along with storytelling and slides of archival photos of people making their own music. This program was broadcast on PBS affiliates and was nominated for "Best Entertainment Special of the Year." John also performs concerts that feature the harp guitar that draw upon his travels and across styles that range from American folk song to Jimi Hendrix. CD's and DVD's of all of the above are available at www.johndoan.com

Influences:

John's music influences span centuries and cross various musical styles from renaissance lute and vihuela music (John Dowland, Francisco De Milano, Luis De Navarez), classical guitar music (Fernando Sor, Issac Albeniz, Heitor Villa Lobos), to American fingerstyle and country blues guitar (John Hurt, John Fahey, John Renbourn, Stephen Grossman, Alex Degrassi, among others. The Celtic music of Alan Stivell (Renaissance of the Celtic Harp), O'Carolan, The Bothy Band, and the Cheiftains also have influenced John's music. American contemporary styles of surf music (The Ventures), and various rock styles from rock and roll (Chuck Berry), folk rock (The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young), British Invasion (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Donovan), and the piano styling of Fats Waller and George Winston) can also be found in John's music. The jazz stylings of Glenn Miller, Kenny Rankin, and Antonio Carlos Jobim also have impacted his music.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.....SONG WRITTEN AND FILMED BY MY WIFE DEIRDRA WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ME...JOHN DOAN

Sounds Like:

John's music explores contemporary guitar stylings in the American fingerstyle movement. Other artists include Alex DeGrassi, William Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Pierre Bensusan, among others. His music has been categorized as New Age, World Music, Acoustic which includes artists such as Enya, Lorena McKinett, George Winston, Nightnoise, among others.

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