(Thomas Leeb)
Austrian
born and US based guitar virtuoso Thomas Leeb, makes his very first appearance
in South Africa with just two concerts in KZN this April. Leeb will be joined
at all of these shows by local guitar legend, Guy Buttery.
Leeb
picked up the guitar for the same reason as every 13-year-old boy: he wanted to
meet girls. He soon fell in love with the instrument, played his first solo
concert at the age of 15 and released his first acoustic guitar album at 17.
Leeb is a frequent performer at concerts and festivals in Asia, the Americas
and Europe and has been featured in numerous guitar magazines all over the
world. Every year, he teaches workshops and master classes in universities and
colleges and his album Desert Pirate
was voted one of the essential albums of the last 20 years by Acoustic Guitar
Magazine.
His
peculiar guitar style owes as much to percussive techniques as traditional
fingerstyle guitar. What sets Leeb apart from some of his contemporaries is his
ability to make pyrotechnics serve the music. Three years studying West African
traditional music give him a sense of timing and groove that is unusual in a
guitarist. All this has earned him a loyal worldwide following and influential
fans such as Eric Roche who was his guitar teacher, “for about five minutes and
then I heard him play”, Jon Gomm awarded him “ten out of ten Gomms” and Guthrie
Govan who thinks that “what Thomas does on an acoustic guitar probably
shouldn’t be legal.”
Renowned
guitar hero Guy Buttery has just wrapped up the third leg of his nationwide
tour featuring musicians such as Dan Patlansky, Shane Cooper and Nibs van der
Spuy. As an internationally recognized musician, Buttery enjoys invitations to
play sell-out performances all over the globe. His distinct unification of
South African guitar music is the musical advocate for everything positive and
beautiful about the place he calls home.
Needless
to say both of these artists come with a long list of accomplishments and have
worked with a myriad of artists; this collaboration is expected to wow
audiences and guitar enthusiasts alike, with mind-bending guitar playing and
captivating sounds of another realm.
Thomas
Leeb & Guy Buttery will give the following performances:
April 5t
at 19h30: Tina’s Hotel, 14 Beryldene Road, Kloof. Bookings or information
through Roland Stansell on 082 499 8636 or email: roland@stansell.za.net
April 6t
at 19h00: The KZNSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Durban. Bookings or information
through 081 046 3642 or guybutterymusic@outlook.com
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