Chapman Stick - Greg Howard Band - Still Water - w/drums, bass, sax - two-handed tapping

From the Greg Howard Band's last tour, in March of 2002. This is the first tune from the first show, in Charlottesville, March 20 a Starr Hill. All I can say is man I miss playing with you guys!

Hubert Heeringa - soprano sax
Jan Wolfkamp - drums and loops
Jan van Olffen - bass
yours truly - Chapman Stick

The band's CD, Lift, is currently out of print, but is available as a digital download from iTunes, etc.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nord/id263279378?i=263280280

Greetings from Virginia, Greg

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[scailliet]

Awesome song. Great work on the stick. Is the learning curve on the stick steep? Does it help if you have prior experience with other instruments first?

[gregplaysthestick]

@scailliet Thanks for the kind comment. If you think of The Stick as some kind of bass+ or guitar+, then I think it's not as easy to learn as if you take it on its own terms. If you can play piano it's pretty easy to take it up. The hard part for bassists and guitarists is developing hand independence. Hope you get a chance to try one out some day.

Happy Tapping, Greg

[gregplaysthestick]

thanks for the kind comments... more from this show soon, I think, now that the long form is avaqilable. Thanks YouTube!

[1741as]

good music love Jan wolfkamp great percussionist .

[wukeduo]

Beautiful playing! Very catchy tune, too. I enjoyed this very much.

[giggletoot]

Great.

[TheFolksinger]

Great to listen and watch this in its entirety. An excellent performance by all. And a fine composition.

[cataloger1]

I've always loved this piece...one of the most beautiful of your compositions!