SKU: MB.95552

ISBN 9780786605828. UPC: 796279026826. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Master guitarist Al Petteway ventures into new territory with 15 Celtic-inspired, traditional, and New Age fingerstyle compositions in standard and alternate tunings. Derived from Alâ??s award-winning solo recording of the same title, each piece bears the inimitable Petteway signature of profoundly graceful, inspired innovation. Written in standard notation and tab with several pieces in alternate tunings. Al began his professional music career at the age of 11. He played guitar, drums, and string bass with a variety of rock and folk acts in the Washington D.C. area during the 60â??s, becoming a local legend by the time he went to college to study music composition in 1970. In 1977, Al took a job with The National Geographic Society. His work as Supervisor of Picture Editing for the societyâ??s Image Collection, gave him the artistic freedom to develop his own acoustic guitar style. While long recognized as one of the countryâ??s foremost bluegrass and folk sidemen, Celtic music specialty label Maggieâ??s Music signed Al in 1993 and released Whispering Stones following by The Waters and the Wild-exposing his solo acoustic guitar work to an international audience for the first time. Al left the National Geographic to become a full-time musician in the spring of 1995, just before the release of Midsummer Moon.

SKU: MB.95381

ISBN 9780786603213. UPC: 796279023641. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Whispering Stones won the award for â??Best Recordingâ? from the Washington Area Music Association and has continued to be a favorite with fans of fingerstyle guitar music throughout the world. The book features Celtic-inspired original and traditional tunes performed on solo acoustic guitar with the occasional addition of flute, mandolin, cello, piano, or bells. The tunes appear in the same order as in the recording. Al Petteway is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist and composer. His many â??Wammieâ? awards from the Washington Area Music Association include â??Artist of the Yearâ? and â??Musician of the Yearâ?. Alâ??s playing fuses Celtic/British ideas and tunings with American themes and drive. Acoustic Guitar Magazine praised his â??concise, clean arrangements similar to John Renbournâ??s better workâ??. In notation and tablature.