Steve Strongman
ELECTRIC GUITAR
Canadian Guitar Ace, JUNO winner, and Multiple Maple Blues Award winner Steve Strongman has just co-produced, co-written, and guested on the Fabulous Thunderbird’s 50th Anniversary 2024 release “Struck Down, on Stony Plain records.
This record debuted at #1 in both the United States and Canada, and features Strongman with guests Bonnie Raitt, Billy Gibbons, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal, Mick Fleetwood, Elvin Bishop and Terrence Simien. Strongman will be on tour supporting the Thunderbirds in 2024/2025.
Strongman, also a Memphis International Blues Challenge award winner for best solo/duo guitarist, is one of the most talented Blues based artists in the world today. Beyond his undeniable strengths as a songwriter, guitarist and front man is his ability to engage his audience and deliver incredible performances at every live show. With his inimitable guitar playing and soulful vocals, Strongman delivers incredible performances with power and passion. Steve Strongman has a way of stirring a crowd that evokes the emotion, maturity and authenticity of classic blues themes.
Steve has shared the stage with International blues royalty including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Cocker, Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, James Cotton, Roy Clark, and Jimmie Vaughan to name a few. Steve Strongman is warmly regarded as Mississippi guitar legend Mel Brown’s “Blues son”.
Workshops
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Beginner to Advanced
Bends, Vibrato and Pentatonics. What do all the greatest guitarists have in common ? You know who it is after just a few notes….BB King, Freddie King, Clapton, Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Mel Brown…the list goes on. We all use the same notes, yet the greats make them their own. How?
In this course, we will dig into the foundations of Blues guitar playing, specifically, vibrato, string bending, and expanding the blues pentatonic scale. No matter what level of playing you are at, there is something here for everyone. Every guitarist is different, and we will dig deep into finding and developing our own unique voice on the instrument.
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The 7 “Forms”
Learn how to see the guitar fretboard in it’s entirety by connecting different shapes, and understanding how licks can connect to other positions on the guitar, breaking out of the “Blues Box”.
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Intermediate, Advanced
Back by popular demand!
Explore the depth of adding the slide to your playing toolbox. Whether using Open or standard tuning, or exploring fretted notes behind the slide, the power of the slide will shine through and open your musical ideas.
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Let’s explore some of the ideas and techniques that go into songwriting - and how different artists go about writing (and finishing) a song….and what makes a great one. We will also discuss understanding the building blocks of songs, and how to tear them down.