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I Weissenborn yet in 1920. (Forum).
In the Feb/Mar 2003 issue, you mentioned in your review of Jorma Kaukonen's album, "Blue Country Heart," that you didn't know what a Weissenborn was. I am sure you have received a number of responses, but in case you haven't ...
It is an acoustic guitar, designed and originally built in the 1920s in Southern California by Hermann Weissenborn. It was intended to capitalize on the interest in Hawaiian Music during that period. The design was fairly interesting, if not unique, in that the sound chamber extended all the way up the neck to the peg head. It was designed to be played lap-syle with a steel or slide. The instrument was generally made from Hawaiian Koa wood.
It is still an instrument of choice for many slide guitar players due to it's tonal qualities. It does not have the nasal or metallic qualities of a Dobro or National guitar and also sounds different from a standard guitar played lap-style. It is played by several well-known guitarists including Jerry Douglas, David Lindley (significantly influencing the resurgence in interest in lap-style playing over the past 10 ...
- Rene Lacaille and Bob Brozman Digdig.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! Dorsett, Richard January 1, 2003 700+ words
World Music Network 1025 Bob Brozman is a steel-string and Hawaiian guitar wizard. If I were choosing for the renowned MacArthur ("genius") grants, Bob Brozman would be a recipient. Though it's difficult to imagine this globe traveling...
- Papua New Guinea Stringbands with Bob Brozman: Songs of the Volcano.(Sound...
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! Beres, Derek March 22, 2006 700+ words
PAPUA NEW GUINEA STRINGBANDS WITH BOB BROZMAN Songs of the Volcano Riverboat 1040 Unlike previous records, in which ethnomusicologist/guitarist Bob Brozman traveled to remote and distant regions to unearth unique folk musics, Songs of the Volcano...
- Bob Brozman: the globetrotting Mr. National.(guitarist)
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! von Tersch, Gary January 1, 2003 700+ words
Bob Brozman is a 48-year-old border-defying guitarist and musical intellectual who is always on the lookout for new songs and sounds...
- Bob Brozman Orchestra: Lumiere.(Audio)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Cleveland, Barry October 1, 2007 700+ words
Gracing the cover of Bob Brozman's latest album is a photo of 27 instrument-bearing bespectacled and bearded men attired in white suits and funny hats emblazoned...
- Bob Brozman: in Concert.(DVD)(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Gold, Jude July 1, 2004 700+ words
BOB BROZMAN In Concert Rock star sightings are a dime a dozen at Winter NAMM, but one of the best-kept secrets of NAMM has been Bob Broz...
- Debashish Bhattacharya and Bob Brozman Mahima.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! Byrne, Jennifer January 1, 2004 700+ words
...musical discussion and performance, throw in a few tasty Kolkata dishes and you come up with a record like Mahima. This is Bob Brozman's fourth such outing for Riverboat Records, and coming together with Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya...
- CD review: "Lumiere," Bob Brozman Orchestra.(Sound recording review)
- Newspaper article from: Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) July 26, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Ray Hogan Jul. 26--Ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman has learned world music by traveling and playing it with others. Now he shares decades worth of findings by presenting it by himself...
- New hepatitis C virus research has been reported by K. Weissenborn et al.
- Newspaper article from: Hepatitis Weekly April 20, 2009 700+ words
...found in lymphoid tissue," wrote K. Weissenborn and colleagues. The researchers concluded...brain cells, especially astrocytes." Weissenborn and colleagues published their study...additional information, contact K. Weissenborn, Hannover Medical School, Dept. of...
Source: HighBeam Research, I Weissenborn yet in 1920. (Forum).