Product Description

This DVD is jam packed with talent. Presents 18 performances plus artist lessons and close-up interviews. Artists include: Muriel Anderson, Pat Bergeson, Suzy Bogguss, Thom Bresh, Alison Brown, Vassar Clements, Seymour Duncan, Richard Gilewitz, Danny Gottleib, Beth Gottleib, Nokie Edwards, Johnny Hiland, Phil Keaggy, John Knowles, Ben Lacy, Brent Mason, John Pell, Dave Pomeroy, Richard Smith, and Victor Wooten. Performed live in Nashville for the All Star Guitar Night 10th Anniversary Concert. Recorded at the Ryman Auditorium July 2002. This DVD is a tribute to Chet Atkins Benefit for the Music for Life Alliance. Song titles include: Mr. Bojangles; Two Shores; Mister Sandman; A Baker's Dozen; Baby's Coming Home; and Wazamataz and more.

About the Actor

Composer and guitarist Muriel Anderson was raised in a musical family in Downers Grove, Illinois. Her mother taught piano and her grandfather had played saxophone in John Philip Sousa's band. Muriel fell in love with the guitar at age ten and learned every style available to her, culminating in classical guitar study at DePaul University. She went on to study with classical virtuoso Christopher Parkening and with Nashville legend Chet Atkins. In 1989 Muriel became the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

Muriel has released several CD's: Heartstrings, Arioso from Paris, Hometown Live, A Little Christmas Gift with French guitarist Jean-Felix Lalanne, and Le Duet. She has released an instructional video and book as well as a transcription book from her recording Hometown Live. Muriel writes for several guitar magazines and teaches guitar at Belmont University in Nashville. She originated and hosts "Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night" and has performed at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and at the Olympia Theater in Paris.

Muriel's classical guitar is "The Muriel Model" made by Paul McGill in Nashville, TN. She plays on GHS strings and uses an LR Baggs pickup system to augment the amplification of the instrument.

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.6 x 5.2 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Assorted
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 10 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2010
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Muriel Anderson
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Mel Bay Records
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1