Ed Gerhard
Breedlove Artists, Philadelphia
Grammy Award winning guitarist Ed Gerhard has created a...
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Steve McKinley
People Who Play
Steve McKinley is the current guitarist for the solo project of Collective Soul’s Joel Kosche. He also just released a EP length solo album, Love Songs For Lisa (June 22, 2011), of songs written for his wife. Steve was trained in classical guitar at a young age. Later he founded the band Julius Pleaser based in Atlanta, GA which achieved local success with the CD "Aim To...
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Thad Beaty
People Who Play | Portland, Oregon
In conjunction with his production company Sorted Noise, Thad Beaty has writing, performing and production credits on records surpassing 7 million in sales, including credits on Grammy nominated records as well as individually nominated songs. Born outside of Jackson Mississippi, Thad relocated to Nashville where he continues to pursue his career as a writer, performer and producer. Thad...
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Amos Joannides
People Who Play | Quebec, Canada
Amos first fell in love with the guitar at the age of eight, and the world has been celebrating since. This young man from the boondocks of Quebec, Canada has never turned back. The wild embrace of Amos and Guitar almost twenty years on inspired a love affair that made his fingers dance madly and his voice flirt dangerously with the gritty and the sexy. Amos Christopher Joannides took to...
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Jon Micah Sumrall
People Who Play | Ashland, Oregon
In Ashland, OR on October 13, 1980 I took my first breath, the first of many more to come. Since that day I have been going full tilt in an attempt to live life to the fullest and in doing so, having the privilege of experiencing more in 25 years than many people do throughout an entire lifetime. My band mates may describe me as an adrenaline junkie and while there is a part of me to...
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Chris Emerson
People Who Play | Charlotte, North Carolina
Candlewyck started as an acoustic duo founded by Chris Emerson and Ty Bennett in Charlotte, NC. After years of playing and writing together, Chris and Ty decided it was time to put some of their ideas on tape which eventually became the first Candlewyck CD. Originally a guitar and mandolin group, Candlewyck soon became the title of a recording project that would feature Ty's...
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