Repost with Update - Master Class with Christopher Parkening, August 1980, Part 2
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound, funny, but it's still rock and roll to me. Billy Joel, It's Still Rock and Roll to Me , 1980 Here is a photo me (sorry for the poor quality, it’s a scan of the original) from August 1980 at the Christopher Parkening master class at Montana State University, Bozeman. My guitar teacher at the time had studied extensively with Mr. Parkening and thought it would be good for me to audition for the class, he was certain I would be accepted. I was and somewhere I have the acceptance letter from Mr. Parkening. Talk about a dream come true! I remember that I played an etude by Sor and a lute piece, Wilson's Wilde and maybe an etude by Giuliani, I need to look for the end of class recital program, I think I played in the second or third spot. It was quite the experience and I got to met several wonderful players. My parents drove me to Bozeman in our 1963 Plymouth Belvedere station wagon. Somewhere around Idaho F...
