MURFREESBORO — George Gruhn, renowned expert on vintage guitars, will
make a stop at MTSU Tuesday, April 8, to kick off a special series of
discussions on "The American Guitar" in a free public event at the
university's Center for Popular Music.
Gruhn, who owns
Nashville's Gruhn Guitars, a mecca for musicians and collectors worldwide, will
speak on "American Fretted Instruments: History and Development"
beginning at 4 p.m. in the center's reading room, located in Room 140 of the
Bragg Mass Communication Building on campus.
Gruhn has been a
featured columnist for Vintage Guitar, Guitar Player, Pickin', Frets and
Bluegrass Unlimited, and is the co-author of “Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars,”
a comprehensive field guide to vintage fretted instruments and the companion
volumes “Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments” and “Electric Guitars
and Basses.”
His presentation
will cover the history and development of fretted instruments in America. Gruhn
also plans to point out the distinctions that make a truly great instrument
different from those that are merely good utilitarian tools.
This inaugural event
by the Center for Popular Music at MTSU will be followed by a multi-year series
of lectures, presentations, concerts, workshops, and demonstrations, all
concerned with the guitar.
The Center for
Popular Music is a research center devoted to the study and scholarship of
popular music in America. Established in 1985 by the Tennessee Board of Regents
as one of 6 Centers of Excellence across the TBR system, MTSU's CPM maintains
an archive of research materials stretching from the early 18th century to the
present and develops and sponsors programs in American vernacular music.
For more information
on the Center for Popular Music and its projects, visit http://popmusic.mtsu.edu.
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