John Pearse

John Pearse ( born September 12, 1939 in Hook, Hampshire, † 31 October, 2008 Bietigheim- Bissingen ) was a British guitarist who gave the first televised guitar lessons in the 1960s.

Life

Pearse played in his youth banjo and guitar in a jazz band. From the mid- 1950s, he lived in London, where he gave guitar lessons and evening occurred in clubs. During this time, John Bailey built from an English cittern a precursor of the Irish Bouzouki for Pearse, which was later made ​​famous by Johnny Moynihan.

A producer of the BBC discovered Pearse in London, and from 1965 he starred in the television series broadcast in black and white hold down a chord. The success of the series was so great that the format was also sold in other countries. In Germany the series was ( called " chord and rhythm " ) aired in the 1970s in the Third Program; Pearse hosted the show by himself German. He also worked as a music producer for Capitol Records and Warner Brothers. In 1978 he moved to the USA where he, Inc. worked for the guitar manufacturer CF Martin & Co.. He later founded his own company for guitar strings. The early 1980s was followed by a renewal of the series for PBS.

Over the years, John Pearse published a series of records, educational booklets and instructional videos in multiple languages.

1983 Pearse suffered an accident as a result he was paralyzed temporarily, from which he could but recover after one year. Most recently, he lived in Besigheim, where he was buried on 5 November 2008.

Discography

Own

  • John Pearse, Xtra, 1965
  • Folk 66 (ARC, 1966 ) - ( with Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart)
  • Train Guitar, Metronome, 1968 ( German re-release of John Pearse of 1965)
  • Blues, Rags & Raga, DaCamera, 1972
  • Travelling Man, Songbird, 1975
  • Alive and Well ... and Living in America, Underdog Records, 1980
  • Together, Underdog Records, 1980 - (along with Mary Faith Rhoads )

In collections with other artists

  • Macabre makes fun LP, Xenophon, 1967 - ( " Down in the Valley ," "As I Went out one Morning" )
  • Burg Waldeck Festival 1967, LP, Xenophon 1968 - ( " Cocaine" )
  • Chanson Folk & Super Session, Volume 1 LP Intercord Xenophon, 1975 - ( " Cocaine" )
  • Chanson Folk & Super Session, Volume 2 LP Intercord Xenophon, 1975 - ( " Down in the Valley " )
  • Contemporary Folk Guitar, CAMBRA records, 1982 - ( " McGee 's Rag ", "Guitar Train" )
  • Burg Waldeck Festivals 1967 - Chanson, Folklore International double CD (extended re-release of the LP from 1968), Studio Wedemark, 2004 - ( " Cocaine" )
  • The Castle Waldeck Festivals 1964-1969 10 CDs with book, Bear Family, 2008 - ( " The Shoemaker 's Kiss " with Shirley Hart, " The Bonnie Let O'Fyvie " with Colin Wilkie, "It 's of a Little Taylor ", "As I Went out one Morning ", " Cocaine "," McGee 's Jig "," Oh Baby, It Is not no Lie " )

Publications

  • The John Pearse album of ragtime guitar solos, B.Feldman & Co.Ltd.
  • Chord & Rhythm - for beginners (1974 ), publishing company educational television, Cologne
  • Chord & Rhythm - Intermediate (1974 ), publishing company educational television, Cologne
  • Guitar Blues ( 1976)
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