Some Artists Craig has worked
with in concert and the studio..............
Jackie DeShannon ( "What the World needs now" ) - live and on the album: "Laurel Canyon" (1969)
Barry White - recording sessions
Canned Heat - live, Whisky A-Go-Go
Love ( "My Little Red Book") ( "7 & 7 is" ) - in the band 1970 - 1971
Taj Mahal - live Whisky A-go-go
Dr. John - old pal in 1968, and several recording sessions
Iron Butterfly ( "In a Gadda-da-Vida" ) - friend of all of the original band members
Byrds ( "Mr. Tambourine Man" ) - live at the Whisky lots of times!
The Doors ( "Light my Fire" ) - live at the Whisky lots of times!
The Grateful Dead - live in Vancouver BC January1971
Quicksilver Messenger Service - same concert as the one above
Buffalo Springfield -) live at the Whisky lots of times!
Lou Rawls ( "Tobacco Road" ) - auditioned, hired, but the gig was cancelled!
Steve Miller ( "The Joker" ) - several concerts, and the biggest hoot was a live Jam when the Daily Flash was at the Avalon Ballroom in '67...also a gig in San Rafael, CA in 1970 while I was in Love
Paul Butterfield ( "Born in Chicago" ) - same gig as above, and man! could he blow that harp!!
Kinks ( "Lola" ) - Christmas time 1970 Fillmore East, NYC
The James Gang - same concert as above
The Spencer Davis group ( "I'm a Man" ) - San Rafael, CA 1970
The James Gang - Fillmore Auditorium, SF, CA 1970
Black Sabbath - same gig as above
Frank Zappa - auditioned, but not hired.....
Jeff Simmons <<<<click on this guy for a real far-out TRIP!!!
Buddy Miles - The Steve Miller/Daily Flash Avalon Ballroom gig listed above
James Taylor
Alice Cooper
The Knack
The Drifters
( "Under the Boardwalk" )
( "Up on the Roof " )
( "On Broadway" )The Boxtops ( "The Letter" )
The Shangri-las ( "My Boyfriend's back" )
Tommy Roe ( "Sheila" )
Gene Chandler ( "The Duke of Earl" )
Craig was in several L.A. underground groups in the mid 60's, including "The Sons of Adam" and "Love"
He can teach you to play all of the important styles that have stood the test of time; "Rock" "Blues" "Country" "R&B" "Jazz" and of course, what a lot of people start with, an "Acoustic" guitar. If you need to learn about chords, Craig is your man! He started Video School of Guitar in 1990 after seeing that most of the instructional Guitar Videos on the market ( many featuring some very fine guitarists ) were over the heads of most people seeking instruction. So, with an extremely sound approach to guitar instruction ( partly based on a 25 student weekly load ), he developed the 1st series. Today the current series includes over 20 videos.
Copyright 2008 - Craig Tarwater