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Time for Another Al & Amy Yardsale

Click here to see what's for sale!



New Release from Solid Air Records

Featuring 14 top acoustic guitarists playing some of the world's favorite Disney movie themes by the Sherman Brothers

Artists include:  Al Petteway, Tommy Emmanuel, Lawrence Juber, Doug Smith, Mark Hanson, Mike Dowling,
Pat Donohue, Kenny Sultan, Jim Tozier, Elliot Easton, Eltjo Haselhof, Nick Charles, Tim Pacheco and Greg Hawkes



(Click on the CD Cover to Visit the Amazon Page and watch the Videos)





The National Parks: America's Best Idea
 
The six-part series from Ken Burns and Florentine Films is scheduled to air on PBS September 27,2009

We are proud to have our music used in the soundtrack of this magnificent film.

Click Here to see a Preview



Amy Sits on a Promontory at the Grand Canyon - Photo By Al Petteway  (Courtesy of  National Geographic)



Mel Bay Publications Will Once Again Start Selling These Music Transcription Books:



on Amazon.com

(Prices for a new book range from $14.95 to $19.95, depending on the number of pages.)




Dream Guitars Video Lessons

Dream Guitars has released the first two video lessons in their new series.  Check out samples on Youtube:

    
         Highland Harbinger Video Lesson  Excerpt                        Land of the Sky Performance Section of Video Lesson

The full lessons can be purchased from:









Al was featured in the March 2009 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine

And he Won Two 2008 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player's Choice Awards as one of the Guitarists of the Year!!




Al won the Silver Medal in the Celtic Guitarist Category and the Bronze Medal in the Fingerstyle Guitarist Category

Both the Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week and Dream Guitars won Silver and Bronze Medals as well.

Thanks to all of you who voted.  Click here to view the winners online.






A&A PHOTO GALLERIES
Follow the links below!

RECENT PHOTOS FROM THE MOUNTAINS

PHOTOS OF OUR PETS

PHOTOS FROM OUR EXHIBIT

FUNNY PIX FROM OUR TRAVELS

PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS & PLAYFUL PIX

FROM AMY'S PERSONAL ARCHIVES

FROM AL'S PERSONAL ARCHIVES


OUR CALIFORNIA TRIP

PHOTOS FROM THE OREGON COAST

Many of our photographs are available for purchase from:



A Selection of Some of our Older Framed and Unframed Prints are also available from Art.comAllposters.com





Announcing The Al Petteway Series Guitars by Master Luthier Bill Tippin





      

Custom Karura Case Made for the Tippin Al Petteway Series
- Photos by Al Petteway

After over four years of playing literally thousands of guitars for the Dream Guitars website,
Al has found his own "dream guitar" in the form of a new Tippin Crescendo model that will be dubbed:

"The Al Petteway Series"

To Order One of These Amazing Instruments Visit Dreamguitars.com




And then there's the "Al Petteway Signature model Banjola" by Edward Victor Dick:



This is one of the coolest instruments. 
We can't decide whether it's more like a guitar, a bouzouki or a 5-string banjo with six strings

Here's a MP3 sample:  Banjola

Check out all of Edward's wonderful creations at www.banjolas.com

 

Al does the recording and photographing of the beautiful handmade guitars at Dream Guitars in Weaverville, NC. for their website.

Paul Heumiller, his wife Kim and his Brother Joe are all well-respected and trustworthy dealers in fine instruments and accessories and really nice people too.

See the high quality Guitars, Amps, Preamps, etc. by clicking on this link:





Fairewood Studios
32 White Oak Forest Rd - Fairview, NC 28730
828-628-6428 - alandamy@mindspring.com