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NEWER TAB!
The tablature for the title tune from the new CD,
“the thing that came from somewhere,” is now available! You can order it on the Buy Tablatures page.
DON'S LATEST SOLO RECORDING
LIVE IN YOUR HEAD
now available on CD at our WEBSTORE
DON'S 2005 RECORDING MUSIC FOR VACUUMING now available on CD and as a digital download on new Indie label CandyRat Records...
DON'S INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD.
Don’s LIVE CONCERT DVD is now available!!
Join Don's YAHOO! discussion group at
Recent kudos for “Live in Your Head”:
“For most performers, playing live offers opportunities for expanding your compositions with new ideas as the creative process finds inspiration in the music itself. It's why no good jazz is too structured, too programmed. Canadian guitarist Don Ross knows that vibe all too well, and his CD "Live in Your Head" brings his creative powers to full force, showcases his mastery of the six-string, and allows for greater freedom in exploring his music. The disc represents...performances between 2001-2006 - some solo, and others with a three or four-part backing band. The recording quality of the shows -- often a weakness when trying to capture live music -- is excellent. Perhaps no better single cut reflects Ross' ability to get inside and around the music than his extended 12-minute rendition of "Wall of Glass." Here, Ross intersects and cross-pollinates with his band, allowing musical seeds to germinate then flower as each takes a turn at playing with the melody. The result is just wonderful music. Ross is the touchstone for each musician, and saxophonist Colleen Allen particularly grooves in her solo. Several other pieces come in much longer than their studio versions due to following the trail of the tune, like the Latin-flavored "With You in Mind". The bass, percussion, and guitar trio on "Jesse Helms Night in Havana," is almost organic in its interplay. The sanguine "Catherine" reveals Ross' understanding of feel, fingerpicking the gentle melody with accents of tapping only when the song needs them. There are 13 tunes in all. The CD concludes with "Thin Air," a song which allows the listener -- if they haven't heard Don Ross before -- to hear his signature sound, slapping and tapping and picking with a driving bass line, just man and steel and wood, but more music than one listen can take in. For Don Ross fans, this CD is essential listening as it captures his at his very best musically.”
Kirk Albrecht, Minor 7th Webzine
THE NEW CD!
