Gershwin Medley -- Joe Negri with the Wheeling Symphony
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This man is the reason I play guitar! I first heard him play decades ago when I was maybe 5...and his playing, his tone...and most of all, his sweet personality always stuck with me. He's the real deal and a truly class act! Living in Pgh, I get out to see him as often as I can. Thanks for posting this!
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Addendum: The Wheeling (WV) Symphony is one of the greatest concert orchestras in the Midwest, and has been for 45 years that I know of, for two reasons: A succession of astonishingly talented conductors, and a 60 mile proximity to Pittsburgh, which allows it, through cleverly non-conflicting concert scheduling, to admit many talented members of the Pittsburgh Symphony into its ranks. If you have a chance to see the Wheeling, do so: It's superb.
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The first time I ever saw him, he was a comedy foil for Hank Stohl on a very hip, live morning show on ch 4 in Pittsburgh, early '60's. Later, he was the same on an afternoon kids show called "Popeye and Knish," in direct competition with Johnny Costa on a show called "Funsville" on ch 2. Jump ahead 15 years: He was my private teacher, summer of '77, he wrote a letter of intro for me to Bill Leavitt at Berklee, with whom I studied, and I've been teaching there 25 years.
Thank you, Mr. Negri.
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As one of his current students, it is remarkable to sit in a room and let him patiently remind you about every technical mistake. He truly is still a master and at 8_ years old he still has his chops in so many ways.
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as a former student of joe's how do i pass a message to him? does he have an email you could message me?
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I never knew about Handyman Negri. What a brilliant find. He is a Johnny Costa contemporary. Too bad they aren't together to play. RIP Johnny.
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Truly amazing. Joe was one of the first to inspire my love for music as a kid. Thanks for posting this.
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I bet it's wonderful being one of his students. If I didn't live so far away I'd try to be one of them. Yes, he is great for any age. His jazzy phrasing etc is really really good.
rlynch99 1 year ago
Also, He is very well known in the Pittsburgh area as being an accomplished musician. He's on the music faculty at Pitt, CMU, and Duquesne.
rlynch99 2 years ago
He did some (sparingly). He also played the owner of the music shop where Mr Rogers would take the viewers/kids to learn something interesting about music. He sometimes played during those segments.
The first time I saw him play was on another children's show out of Pittsburgh called Adventure Time -- back in the 70s. I knew from the little he showed there the he really could play.
rlynch99 2 years ago