Home

Press and promotion can find Hi Res picture HERE.


	Greg Horne teaches guitar lessons online at WorkshopLive! These are complete online lessons with excellent video, user controllable audio, tab, exercises, and more! Check it out. When you subscribe, use affiliate/promotional code 1054 to let them know Greg Horne sent you! I'm on MySpace, just like you are. MySpace.com/greghornemusic NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK: Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 pm $8 Writer's Block Live Homecookin' In the round: Greg Horne, Kirk Fleta, Sam Lewis, Scott McMahan Knoxville Museum of Art www.writersblockonline.com Saturday, April 5, 8 pm $5 GH solo Time Warp Tearoom 1209 North Central St., Knoxville, TN www.timewarptearoom.com GH on TV! I was recently filmed for an episode of Studio 865, hosted by Todd Steed. It's a UT production that shows on UTTV and on Knoxville Comcast cable channel 194. The show will also play on WUOT sometime in the coming months. Show times: Wed, April 2, 8pm Thurs, April 3, 7pm Sat, April 5, 8pm Sun, April 6, 8pm more info: http://studio865.utk.edu http://www.myspace.com/studio865 Coming soon: Saturday, April 12, 8pm, $15 ($10 students) The Performing Arts & Lecture Series presents Waging Peace in Times of War, a multimedia concert Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN Friday, April 18, 9:30pm GH opens for Hector Quirko Preservation Pub Market Square, Knoxville, TN www.preservationpub.com NEWS: 26 March 2008 We have not fallen off of the face of the earth. It's just that daylight saving came much earlier this year, and it's got us all discombobulated. I'm off to Johnson City this weekend. Many good GH shows are coming up in April and May, and much work has been done this winter on various projects of indeterminate completion. You know how it is. And before we know it, it will be time to hit the road for another tour of the National Guitar Workshop! Please stick with me, folks, and I'll try to keep up. More news soon...
OLD NEWS: 13 December 2007 Jingle Ho, Jingle Ho, Jingle Ho Ho Ho, Santa brought me a bunch of shows to play next week in and about the Knoxville area. There will also be some good ones coming up in the new year. The elves at Greg Horne industries bustled away the fall by teaching, fiddling dances, and working on a new book that will feature transcriptions of the music of Robert Lee Castleman. RL is one of my favorite songwriters, and Alison Krauss and Alan Jackson think so too. As RL says "that's my opinion, and it should be yours too." We'll keep you posted on the project. In other news, me and Paige are engaged! I bought a ring and everything. No further details have been nailed down. Soon I'll be back to recording so I can get some of my new songs down, and then out to you. Take it easy, and send some happy thoughts and love to those having hard times. Your long-eared-Christmas-donkey, greg 17 September 2007 Booyah, I say, booyah to you all, The summer has just about passed. I’m putting away my seersucker and white shoes and starting to eye my flannels longingly. Thanks to the students, faculty, and staff of the National Guitar Workshop for another great summer. Also, big thanks to Beth and Jack and everyone at Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Americana Festival. I’ve just started to rehydrate after a particularly toasty Labor Day performance, but I’d do it again in a second. Just gimme a second... I’m booking up more solo shows this fall, and working hard (I swear) on a new solo record. I’m also remastering my Floating World album, now that I’m 10 years wiser in my knob-twiddling. If you’re into the old-time thing, I’ll also be playing lots of Monday night contradances at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville. Thanks for coming by. Check my “music” section and my MySpace page for new music! 10 May 2007 Salutations, well wishers and web wanderers, It’s been a busy and very lucky spring here at Greg Horne Industries, even if the founder and CEO is easily distracted by tasks and projects, donuts and shiny objects. In my headphones Neil Young is singing “Tell Me Why” in 1971. Tell me why indeed. Tell me how. But I digress from my catching-you-up duties. Paige and I bought a house together and have been settling in for about a month. If you don’t know Paige, well, maybe someday you will. But will you get to buy a house with her? We have a whole attic where the microphones and guitars and fiddles live. It has a hatch door, which allows me to pretend I am Grandpa Munster in reverse (he goes downstairs, I go up). In April, I took a trip up to Pittsfield, Mass. to do some more video lessons for WorkshopLive. This time, I got to act as pedagogical sidekick to one Robert Lee (RL) Castleman. RL wrote some of the best songs you ever heard - and if you are an Alison Krauss or Alan Jackson fan, you’ve heard them. So we hung out for a week and tried to find a good Pittsburgh steak in the Berkshires, while shooting some pretty cool lessons on how RL plays his own songs. Keep an eye out for the lessons to appear soon. Way back in February, I went to the Folk Alliance conference in Memphis as a showcasing artist. I played several 20 minute sets in various places around the hotel, and I also got to join in on some sets with my friend Beth Wood. We’ll be playing again soon. Shout outs also go to Lee Quick, Chris Rosser, Dan Montgomery, John Paul Keith, Ted and Sally, Chad and Tony, David, Nathan, and Tommy Ramone (who signed my notebook, because I am a music geek). And big thanks to Louis Meyers and the people who make that thing happen. Wow. Otherwise, there’ve been some family travels, as well as lots of teaching great folks at Pick N Grin and at the Community School of the Arts. And I’ve been playing for more contradances than ever. Come see me play in Knoxville, or come take a class in songwriting or roots guitar with me this summer at the National Guitar Workshop. I’ll be in Austin, San Francisco, and Connecticut. Hope to see you soon. Keep asking when I’m going to get my record together. Then hand me money and one of those time-turner things from Harry Potter. P.S. Neil Young may be the only person I’ve ever heard pronounce the word “February” like it’s written. I feel like sharing today. 24 January 2007 Hello neighbors, It appears that a great many of us have made it through the holidaze and have now arrived at winter. Some folks have even stopped wearing tank tops for a couple of weeks until this whole thing blows over. Things have been busy at Greg Horne industries. I'm working on a new solo record (as in, really solo). I've also been playing more fiddle lately than ever, so it's starting to get sort of listenable. Coming up on February 3 I'll be playing fiddle as part of a special concert called Echoes of Appalachia. Organized by composer James Carlson, the concert will feature new music compositions by regional composers that incorporate Appalachian folk elements into the pieces. Jim and I worked up a very cool piece that is based on the fiddle style of Edden Hammons, who was a great West Virginia fiddler in the mid 20th century. The concert is at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church on Kingston Pike just West of UT. Sean McCollough and David Lovett will also be joining me to play some old-time music during the concert. In other news, my solo shows at the Corner Lounge continue every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. These are early, free, and I desperately need to build an audience. So if you can't come, send that guy in your office that always complains about having nothing to do on nights when Lost isn't on. For you non-tater-tot-and-beer-consuming folks (and even for them too), I'll be doing a Blue Plate Special on WDVX at noon on Wednesday, February 7 [CORRECTED DATE!]. You can come in person, or listen on the radio, or worldwide on the interweb. And finally, I've been invited to do some showcases at the Folk Alliance National Conference in Memphis at the end of February. So think happy thoughts and hope that I get some good gigs out of it! 30 November 2006 It's the most...wonderful TIIIIIIIME of the YEEEEEEEEAR! Hi folks. I just got back from kicking off the holiday season by spending Thanksgiving in Cleveland, OH. Many thanks to the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, who invited me to play at one of their concerts last Saturday, just before the parade and lighting of the square! I had a great time and we got to see some fantastic stuff at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Joe Strummer's handwritten lyrics for the Clash did make me a little misty, I must say. I'm still at the Corner Lounge in Knoxville EVERY WEDNESDAY (well, just about)at 7:30. I need some people to come see me and bring friends - I can't do it without you! On December 15, 16, and 17, I'll be playing guitar, mandolin, and singing for the Circle Modern Dance "Modern Dance, Primitive Light" shows. I've been wanting to join in on this Knoxville holiday tradition for a long time, and this is the year! Some of my closest friends are involved, and two of them, Andre Hayter and Angela Hill, will be moving out of the country soon, so this is a very special set of shows. I'll be playing in the band with Andre, Nathan Barrett, and Rachel Parton. We'll be playing some of my tunes as people are seated, so come early! Showtimes: December 15: two shows, 7 and 9 December 16: two shows, 7 and 9 December 17: one show, 3pm I want to tell you about a cool show I'm involved with in February 2007. It's part of the PALS (Performing Arts Lecture Series) held at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church. Our particular show is called Southern Voices, and will feature new music compositions by regional composers that utilize traditional Appalachian music as source material. I will be playing fiddle on a brand new piece composed by James Carlson. We based the composition on tunes by West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons, who made some home recordings in the 1940s. It's been a truly exciting collaboration and I can't wait for folks to hear it. Happy Holidaze - more soon! -your little helper ("I want to be a musician!"), greg 23 August 2006 It was another great summer at the National Guitar Workshop. Special shout-outs to my students, new friends, and the people who make it all happen. I had a great time in Austin, Chicago, and Connecticut. I even got to try on a new hat as "Music Director" in Connecticut. I hope it went with my outfit. I got the chance to back up my friend Jodie Manross opening for the Blind Boys of Alabama at the Bijou Theatre a couple of weeks ago. It was certainly the best gig we've done together, and the Blind Boys were outstanding. Thanks, Jodie! I'm back to playing solo shows every Wednesday (almost - keep an eye on the schedule) at the Corner Lounge in Knoxville. These are early shows from 7:30-9, and free, so come on down! Nothing like a lovely beverage from the Corner to stiffen your resolve for the rest of the work week. Stay tuned for more soon! Greg "I buy my shirts on ebay" Horne 23 May 2006 Word up, uh, yo, Many new shows on the schedule page, including a solo live webcast at noon on Thursday, June 1 on WDVX, and the Tim Lee Band goes to BONNAROO. I don't know, I just like the word better in all caps. Read on for earlier, but still relevant updates. your songist, greg 17 April 2006 Well, we've all sprung forward at Greg Horne Industries, and like unto the bunny, things are hopping. I'm still playing EVERY WEDNESDAY 7-9 at the Corner Lounge, in cozy North Knoxville. It's free. It's early. It's solo, acoustic, and mostly original. I play different things every week, just in case someone happens to come twice. Come help me build my reputation from a shrug to a buzz! The new Tim Lee record, Concrete Dog, is out as of April 11. I play much loud guitar and sing some reasonably harmonious harmonies on this, Tim's best album yet. That's what the critics keep saying. Check it out and buy many copies from Tim Lee! In coming months, I will be playing more solo shows, writing new songs, teaching workshops, and carrying on in general. Scroll down through the old news for links to some of the stuff I do. Thanks for your support! Your best kept secret, GH 4 January 2006 Happy Gnu Jeer. Quick news, more soon! See the schedule update - the Wednesday evening solo shows at Corner Lounge continue (7-9p.m.). Also, WorkshopLive is now online! This is a cool site with a vast library of multi-media guitar lessons in all levels and styles with more features than you can shake a pick at. Get your own personal Greg Horne, or Matt Smith, or Jodie Fisher, or Tom Dempsey, or Susan Mazer, or Lou Manzi, or (insert your favorite National Guitar Workshop teacher here) any time day or night! Stay tuned- GH 5 December 2005 Ah, grey December in Tennessee. I just got back from a family trip to Cleveland where we saw the Rock Hall of Fame, the Orchestra, and experienced a whole new level of bone-chilling wind. Why is my strongest memory the plaid-trimmed jumpsuit of one of the Bay City Rollers (Eric Faulkner to be exact)? More solo shows in Knoxville on the calendar page! A weekly gig at Corner Lounge on Wednesdays at 7pm. It's early, it's not loud, it's a friendly neighborhood joint, it's perfect! If you're near Downtown or North Knoxville, you have no excuse not to check this one out. Also, come by or tune in for Greg Horne on the Blue Plate, WDVX, One Vision Plaza, Knoxville, Monday, December 12. It's on the radio at 89.9 and 102.9, and the web at www.wdvx.com. I'm working on new songs, some recording, and some other projects. Remember, GH books make great stocking stuffers, if you don't bend the CD. See below for still pending information. Stay warm and wear a hat to save energy, the staff at greg horne industries 28 October 2005 Hello music lovers, It's been a while, but a hearty autumn howdy to you. Please note updates to the schedule page, and the links page, which now actually works! The big news is a solo show coming up on Friday, November 4, 6:30 p.m. at the Writers Block Live Concert Series hosted by Knoxville's own tireless champion of the original song, Karen Reynolds. The great Warren Gently will be opening, fresh (sort of) from several gigs this year with Mark Kozelek. The show is in the Knoxville Visitor's Center (also home of WDVX 89.9, 102.9, and so on), on the corner of Summit Hill and Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. I'm still playing quite a lot with the Tim Lee Band. We just played a fun show with Mitch Easter in North Carolina, and another at Knoxville's best little music bar, the Corner Lounge. We're wrapping up a new album of straightforward rock and roll tasties as we speak. Look for release in the Spring (a healthy bit of general advice as well). This summer was another great run of National Guitar Workshops. I had so many great students and got to be around some of the best teachers and players in the world. It was particularly spectacular to get to co-teach a songwriting seminar with my friend Deirdre Flint, and another with Robert Lee (RL) Castleman. RL was an influence on me many years ago when he worked at the Workshop, so having him back as a teaching partner was a real honor. Work is beginning on a Greg Horne solo record (as in, just me), so stay tuned and send words of encouragement (or large amounts of free cash). "Teach Yourself Songwriting" is out and available. Other new instructional releases (do you hear sleighbells?) are the DVDs for Beginning Mandolin, and Beginning Acoustic Guitar. Talk to your local music store about getting these from Alfred Publishing (enter site, then search catalog for "Greg Horne,") or email us here at info@greghornemusic.com. Speaking of instructional stuff, I've been involved in both some planning and doing some video lessons for www.WorkshopLive.com, which will be launching soon. It is a MASSIVE and exciting subscription-based site that will be full of hundreds of video lessons, music, and other groovy extras related to music-geekdom. Keep an eye on the site for details. Please stay safe and share what you have with those who don't have. I hope to see everybody sometime soon! greg 05 May 2005 Wow, so there went winter and most of Spring! I got to do some great shows on mandolin and guitar with Beth Wood, played South By Southwest with the Tim Lee Band, and taught a lot of lessons. I've been working up some new originals, so keep an ear out. We've also gotten a great start on the next Tim Lee record. We'll be doing more recording soon at Money Shot Studio in Water Valley, MS (under the watchful tinted glasses of Bruce Watson), and Don Coffey, jr.'s Independent Recorders here in Knoxville. The forementioned Don (aka Donnie Hott) is also putting on a helluva rock festival (aka Hottfest, aka D__aroo) at the Corner Lounge in June. See the schedule page and www.hottfest.com for details. In publishing news, I will have a new book coming out in the summer called "Teach Yourself Songwriting," published by Alfred. We just recorded the CD at Collin Tilton's lovely Bar None Studio in Connecticut. The backing band on the CD includes Noah Baerman, Pete Sweeney, and Joe Bouchard. Joe is an acutal card-carrying rock star, a former member of Blue Oyster Cult! All the guys are National Guitar Workshop veterans. I'm greatful to them and editor Burgess Speed for helping it all come together. Also keep an eye out for a DVD of my book Beginning Acoustic Guitar to hit the shelves sometime this year. Greg Horne is coming to teach at a National Guitar Workshop near you. See the schedule page for details. Also see www.guitarworkshop.com or call (800)234-NGSW. Thanks for stopping by, don't be a stranger...GH 24 January 2005 Look, Ma, an update in under 3 months! All the folks at Greg Horne industries hope you had lovely holidaze. And we give our best thoughts to those who have suffered losses, too. Many things are coming together this winter. Jodie Manross' CD "Don't Save the Kisses" is out and doing well. Work has finished on our friend David Lovett's CD "Five Miles From Town." David is a great banjoist and long time musical partner in various old-time and bluegrass configurations. I helped play and produce the CD. Release party is March 12 at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville. Beth Wood is also releasing her new CD, with some GH picking contributions. I will be joining her for several dates in March. See the schedule page! The Tim Lee Band is going strong on the heels of Tim's album, "No Discretion." We will be playing at South By Southwest in Austin, and at the International Pop Overthrow in Nashville, along with many other dates this winter and spring. See the schedule page! Yes! You got it! The schedule page has actually been updated! Content abounds! (well, sort of). Take care everybody, do some good, and keep visiting for updates, including my schedule with the National Guitar Workshop. See you soon, GH 19 November 2004 Hello, interested parties. We at Greg Horne industries (Captain Jack Sparrow, management, Rocky Squirrel, publicity) hope your fall is a gentle descent. Sorry about the guestbook mess. I'm trying some new settings that may help. So much has happened since the last update. There are now five instructional books by GH available from Workshop Arts/Alfred Publishing and your local music store. Go to www.guitarworkshop.com and check out the store! Beginning Mandolin: Learn mandolin through bluegrass, blues, and authentic old-time fiddle tunes Intermediate Mandolin: More real jam tunes, techniques, and improv skills Beginning Acoustic Guitar: A step-by-step method to playing the music YOU want to play on the guitar (great for electric beginners too, itï¿½s really the same) Intermediate Acoustic Guitar: Improvisation and soloing, rhythms and grooves, alternate tunings Mastering Acoustic Guitar: More tunings, modes, composition, and unusual techniques The Multi-Instrumental Guitarist: How to play a bunch of string instruments you might find in a closet or at a pawn shop, all in one volume. Production work is finishing up on a new book: Teach Yourself Songwriting. This was a tough one to write, as you might imagine. I took the challenge to heart, and weï¿½ve put a lot of work into making this a useful book for anyone whoï¿½s working on making songs. This summerï¿½s National Guitar Workshop was the biggest ever. In addition to a couple of songwriting seminars, I got to teach a roots guitar class (ï¿½Highway 61 Roots Guitarï¿½) that was a blast. Again, check out www.guitarworkshop.com for next yearï¿½s plans. In completely other news, Iï¿½ve spent the fall playing loud rock guitar all around the South with the Tim Lee Band. Tim is a fantastic songwriter, incendiary guitarist (no kidding) and friend for many years. Susan Lee plays bass and does graphic design on the CDs. The drummer is Don Coffey, jr., who was a driving force of Superdrag, and is now the producer/engineer of Independent Recorders studio in Knoxville, TN. I love this band and we rock. We are attempting to introduce the world (one affable drunk at a time) to Timï¿½s new record, No Discretion, available from Paisley Pop records and Timï¿½s website, www.timleemusic.com. Our real reasons for touring are to investigate barbecue, visit cool studios, and shake hands with rock luminaries from Timï¿½s colorful past, which are as good as any reasons. At home, weï¿½ve finished production on Jodie Manrossï¿½ new release, an EP called ï¿½Donï¿½t Save the Kissesï¿½ (named after her cover of one of my oldest songs-an honor and a surprise!). See www.jodiemanross.com for more. Iï¿½ve also played on a few tracks of Beth Woodï¿½s new record, currently being recorded with Chris Rosser in Asheville, NC. Bethï¿½s songs are great and weï¿½re doing our best to do no harm. See www.bethwoodmusic.com. Meanwhile, Captain Jack is chasing me with a pistol and a whip in the interest of ï¿½encouragingï¿½ me to get back to writing and recording my own stuff. I am distracted by shiny objects and old-time fiddle jams, but Iï¿½m working on it. Please think happy thoughts. So, thereï¿½s the seasonal update. Thanks to everybody visiting from the books and the National Guitar Workshop and elsewhere. More news and touring coming soon...
Visitors since Nov. 1st, 2000: [an error occurred while processing this directive]