LATEST NEWS:  

I'm excited to report that I just signed on as the New York director of Camp Jam. Camp Jam is for kids 7-17 and is open to all experience levels. It will take place from Aug 2-6 at the Hofstra University campus on Long Island...available as a day or sleep-over experience, it give kids a chance to experience total rock and roll emersion, with a well thought out curriculum, personal instruction, and the chance to perform with a rock  band... contact me for more information. There is a referral program for music teachers as well. Contact me if you are a teacher and would like the chance to earn some extra cash...

I am now set up to record in my home studio...if you would like some guitar parts added to your track, get in touch, it can all be done over the internet...

Hello and Happy New Year to all .some good news! 'Little Pink Radio' a song from 'Wilderness Lounge', a cd by Hope Nunnery that I produced and played on in '07 was named #20 in the No Depression (the roots music authority) list of the top 40 songs of the decade. check it out if you want at we're in good company. (thanks and a tip of the sombrero to my old pal and great singer, Monica 'Lil Mo' Passin for letting me know!)  Hope and I had a great time recently playing a House Concert  in the Chelsea area,NYC. Thanks to  Tom Boyd for sponsoring this event which sold out ..great evening! 

Looking ahead here are some Spring shows coming up...

Sunday March 14 my instrumental  Trio returns to Banjo Jim's  in the East Village from 7-10 pm

Wed March 24 is the release date for the In My Room CD to benefit MS..Hope Nunnery and I will be appearing with some of the other artists on the CD at Barnes and Nobles (66th and B'way) for a signing and concert  from 5:30-7. There will also be a big show where Hope and I will also perform with the other artists involved at the Metropolitan Room from 9:45-11.

Thurs March 25 the  Trio will hit the  the Upper West Side with a return engagement at unwined from 9:30-12.

Monday April 12 I will be playing with the one and only  Nora York at Joe's Pub, 7pm.

 Just heard from my former student Max Bernstein...he was passing through ny on tour with megastar Ki$ha playing guitar and bass...way to go Max! 

Trio News: Our new cd (Steve Tarshis and his Instrumental Trio vol. II) is now ready, contact me to purchase...

 Hope Nunnery and I have finished recording  our contribution to the "In My Room" cd which will benefit the  National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We are recording the old Carter family tune 'Gospel Ship' , and I have to say it's really sounding great, my old Bucktooth Johnson buddy Marco Giovino has contributed his percussion magic along with Hope and I and Dave Hofstra on bass...The release date for 'in my room' on the LML Music label (LMLMusic.com) is Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

In the studio with composer Jamie Lawrence working on a new doc featuring Sean Penn..lots of slide guitar,since it takes place in New Orleans....

 My old blues band, Nine Below Zero had a great re-union gig at the Manhattan Country School Farm Festival, pictured above left to right, Darryl Milton, Me, Stuart Ziff, Robin Gould, Paul Ossola, scroll down for early pic of the band

 Hope Nunnery and I had a great  out door show in Riverside Park by the 96th St. tennis courts, this summer. You can catch some of this show now by clicking on this link. Hope and I also appeared on Staten Island at Westerleigh Park, here's a video of Little Pink Radio from that gig . Pictured here  Hope and I on tour in South Carolina

 Below: The Trio arriving for a recent gig, pictured Dave Hofstra, bass, Peter Grant, drums and myself.

Transcription news: Had a lot of fun transcribing the Count Basie band's arrangement of 'Sunny Side of the Street' backing up Ella Fitzgerald and arranging it for one piano...this was at the request of Ellen  Gould who will be using  it for her one woman show "The Last Checker".

 more sessions with composer Jamie Lawrence for an  HBO doc, it's another of  the undercover animal rights series, this one an expose' of pig farms called Death on a Factory Farm which is currently being shown on  HBO. Click the link for broadcast schedule.

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had a nice gig with the Trio at Bar 82 for Peggy Ehrhart's book release party (scroll below for more info about Peggy's book) photo above, after gig hang, left to right, me, unidentified drinker, ny blues stalwart Johathon Kalb, good time!  ....., .... .transcription notes: I'm currently working with Julia Douglass, constructing lead sheets for her wonderful project "Chef Do Re Me', here's an example............. I'm back at Manhattan Beach recording studio to producing some tracks for songwriter Les Lenoff .....played my last Rent shows, the show closed on Sept 7th..however, looks like I'll be back on Broadway in a few months or so...watch for details..............................................

Was recently re-united with my Bucktooth Johnson bandmate Marco Giovino who was up from Nashville producing an album for singer-songwriter Kylie Harris. I did some overdubs on slide guitar and high tuned guitar for them over at the Pidgeon Club studio in Hoboken (photo left)....

Sadly, summer '07 semester at the New School was our last. While I look for a new home for my courses, I will be offering them privately as usual. Farewell Guitar Study Center!..... ............EMAIL NOTES FROM ALL OVER.........recently received a request from Eric vd Meijde of the Netherlands. He has a copy of my (now out of print) Jimi Hendrix book and has requested a transcription of Little Wing, he wants to make a tatoo out of it...cool!....I'm going to send it to him and he has generously agreed to send me photos which I will post here..can't wait!........................speaking of books, I just got a great call from Mike Burstein down in Lynchburg, VA. He had a copy of my first book "Teach Yourself Lead Guitar" (still in print) and it inspired him to become a working musician and teacher, wow, love hearing stuff like that, thanks for the call Mike and best luck with your career!........................ I've been working with film composer Jamie Lawrence. Recently did some cue's for the Food Network on nylon string...Here's a cue from a documentary about the 2002 dockworkers strike called "Eye of the Storm".click here to hear 'The Negotiation' from the film. I spent a few months working with Jamie on his sound track for the HBO Special 'Dealing Dogs'. Got to play electric, acoustic, slide and resonator..click here to hear 'Dog to Nowhere one of the cues.click here to hear 'the Big Vamp.... click here to find out more about the show and when it will next be scheduled, it's usually on a couple of times a month.......................................................