In 1987 Gerhard released his debut solo album, Night Birds.[4] He established Virtue Records in 1991 as a record label for his work and for instrumental acoustic guitar music.
In December 1982, he began performing an annual concert in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[5]
He received a Grammy Award for his participation in the album Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar (Solid Air, 2004), for which he arranged and performed "Moon River".[6]
In 2012, after six years of work, Gerhard release the album There and Gone.[7]
Signature guitaredit
In 1997, Breedlove Guitars released the Ed Gerhard Signature Model Guitar. The guitar became one of Breedlove's best-selling guitars and won the Player's Choice Award by Acoustic Guitar magazine in 2000.[8][4]
In collaboration with Gerhard, Breedlove also released a Weissenborn guitar in which traditional design is combined with modern features and contemporary wood combinations.
^Hay, Carla (19 January 2002). Sound Tracks. Billboard. pp. 16–. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
External linksedit
Official site
Profile at Breedlove Guitars 2012-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
Ed Gerhard Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2017)
April 11, 2024
edward, gerhard, gerhard, american, grammy, award, winning, guitarist, known, acoustic, fingerstyle, guitar, playing, steel, guitar, music, gerharded, gerhard, playing, breedlove, dreadnought, guitar, canadian, guitar, festival, 2014background, informationborn. Ed Gerhard is an American Grammy Award winning guitarist He is known for his acoustic fingerstyle guitar playing 1 2 and lap steel guitar music 3 Ed GerhardEd Gerhard playing a Breedlove dreadnought guitar at the Canadian Guitar Festival in 2014Background informationBornAbington Pennsylvania U S GenresNew AgeOccupation s MusicianInstrument s GuitarYears active1980s presentLabelsVirtueWebsitewww wbr virtuerecords wbr com Contents 1 Career 2 Signature guitar 3 Discography 3 1 Video 4 Books 5 References 6 External linksCareer editGerhard was born in Abington Pennsylvania He started playing guitar when he was fourteen inspired by seeing classical guitarist Andres Segovia on television He was also influenced by the open tunings of folk guitarist John Fahey 4 In 1987 Gerhard released his debut solo album Night Birds 4 He established Virtue Records in 1991 as a record label for his work and for instrumental acoustic guitar music In December 1982 he began performing an annual concert in Portsmouth New Hampshire 5 He received a Grammy Award for his participation in the album Henry Mancini Pink Guitar Solid Air 2004 for which he arranged and performed Moon River 6 In 2012 after six years of work Gerhard release the album There and Gone 7 Signature guitar editIn 1997 Breedlove Guitars released the Ed Gerhard Signature Model Guitar The guitar became one of Breedlove s best selling guitars and won the Player s Choice Award by Acoustic Guitar magazine in 2000 8 4 In collaboration with Gerhard Breedlove also released a Weissenborn guitar in which traditional design is combined with modern features and contemporary wood combinations Discography edit1987 Nightbirds 1991 Christmas 1993 Luna 1996 Counting the Ways 1997 On a Cold Winter s Night 1999 The Live Album 2006 Sunnyland Solid Air 9 2006 House of GuitarsOn soundtracks 2001 Mark Twain Ken Burns 10 2005 Le Vie Di Sempre Ivano Ponzini Italy 2009 The National Parks America s Best Idea Ken BurnsAs guest 1986 Bill Morrissey North Philo 1992 Arlo Guthrie Son of the Wind Rising Son 1996 Arlo Guthrie Mystic Journey Rising Son 2007 Jorma Kaukonen Stars in My Crown Red House Video edit 1996 All Star Guitar Night Homespun 2003 Ed Gerhard Solo Guitar Performance Rittor 2007 A Fingerstyle Summit with Martin Simpson and Adrian Legg Alfred Publishing Books edit1994 The Handing Down featured in Windham Hill Guitar Sampler 18 Transcriptions from the Modern Masters of the Acoustic Guitar Hal Leonard 1996 Ed Gerhard Selections from Night Birds amp Luna Mel Bay Virtue Records Publishing 1996 Gerhard s arrangement of O Holy Night featured in Portraits of Christmas Mel Bay 2003 Gerhard featured in Andy Volk s Lap Steel Guitar Centerstream Publications 2004 Ed Gerhard The Guitar Songbook Warner Bros 2004 Gerhard s arrangement of Moon River featured in Henry Mancini Pink Guitar Warner Brothers Alfred 2009 Songs amp Pieces for Guitar Virtue Records Publishing six compositions from Sunnyland and five from previous albumsReferences edit Tim Brookes 2005 Guitar An American Life Grove Press pp 293 ISBN 978 0 8021 1796 0 W R Philbrick 1 May 1989 Tough Enough New American Library p 46 ISBN 978 0 451 15998 4 Walking On Ledges review by Steve Jerrett KOPN s Sunday Morning Coffeehouse a b c Prato Greg Edward Gerhard AllMusic Retrieved 16 November 2017 Guitar virtuoso Ed Gerhard returns for 32nd year of Christmas concerts Seacoast Online by Christopher Hislop December 18 2014 Ed Gerhard performs at NH1 ahead of 32nd annual holiday concert NH1 New Hampshire Album Review Ed Gerhard There and Gone Premier Guitar Andy Ellis November 05 2012 Player s Choice Award Archived 2011 07 20 at the Wayback Machine Acoustic Guitar 2000 Ed Gerhard Acoustic Folk and Country Blues Hay Carla 19 January 2002 Sound Tracks Billboard pp 16 Retrieved 15 November 2017 External links editOfficial site Profile at Breedlove Guitars Archived 2012 07 27 at the Wayback Machine Ed Gerhard Interview NAMM Oral History Library 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Gerhard amp oldid 1210449615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
