Al Petteway, Grammy-Award-Winning Guitarist
Al Petteway
A Grammy Award winning recording artist and performer, Al Petteway has played nearly every type of popular, folk and classical music. Though his primary instrument has always been the guitar, he has also studied lute, string bass, percussion and music composition.
His compositions for acoustic fingerstyle guitar are strongly influenced by his love of Celtic music and his own roots in folk, rock, and blues. His recordings, music books, and instructional videos have helped to win him international acclaim and appearances on National Radio and Television Programs.
Al’s music has also been used in soundtracks for independent films including the Ken Burns’ documentaries “Mark Twain”, the Emmy Award-winning “The National Parks – America’s Greatest Idea” , “Baseball – The Tenth Inning,” “The Dust Bowl,” and most recently”The Roosevelts.”
Al was awarded FORTY FIVE “Wammies” by the Washington Area Music Association including the top honors of “ARTIST OF THE YEAR” and “MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR“. He was the recipient of two Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards for Music Composition and has performed at the Vice President’s House and The White House.
His playing is featured on more than sixty recordings by some of the World’s best-known Folk and Celtic musicians. In 2005, he was voted one of the Top Fifty Acoustic Guitarists of all Time by the readers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and in 2008 he won Silver and Bronze medals in the magazine’s Player’s Choice Awards. His CD “Caledon Wood” was voted one of the “Essential Albums of the Past Twenty Years” in Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s 20th-anniversary issue and his 2012 release “It’s Only the Blues” was included on two of the Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s Editor’s “Top Ten Essential Albums of 2012″ lists. In 2014 and 2015, he released two more solo albums “Mountain Guitar” and “Dream Guitars, Vol. II.” His most recent album “The Collector’s Passion” was recorded in two sessions and includes more of his solo guitar compositions than any previous release.
In addition to the numerous music camps, guitar festivals, concerts, and workshops he works with, Al records acoustic projects and teaches private lessons in his home studio in Fairview, NC.
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Amy White’s Critter Cams: YouTube.com/FairviewCritterCams
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HAMMOCK BEARS VIDEO 1
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