“eric thompson”

"Eric Thompson teaches the exciting art of crosspicking, which is an exhilarating flatpicking technique that is an essential part of every bluegrass guitarists arsenal. Utilizing repeated patterns on three-string groups, crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddlers double shuffle and the drive of ... More

"Irish Dance tunes, with their evocative modes, engaging ornamentation, and rhythmic variety, make great flatpicking pieces, offering a wealth of exciting material with which to broaden horizons and deepen roots. Pioneer flatpicker Eric Thompson has been fascinated with this repertoire for a long ti... More

Bluegrass Guitar, from in the Fretmaster series, combines a history and playing guide, with brief biographies of key artists, and transcriptions, original recordings and style demonstrations. Players will learn the history and special styles of players such as Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Cla... More

MEXICO BEFORE CORTEZ AN ACCOUNT OF THE DAILY LIFE, RELIGION, AND RITUAL OF THE AZTECS AND KINDRED PEOPLES BY ERIC THOMPSON IN CHARGE OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN ARCELEOLOGY FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO CO-AUTHOR WITH THOMAS GANN OF THE HISTORY OF THE MAYAS CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS NEW YORK LONDON 1937 COPY... More

Placid bays, steeply forested shorelines, breaching whales, dynamic urban centers -- Western Washington's Puget Sound region captivates with its magic.... More

A four-level course for lower-secondary students. The FREE Workbook Audio CD has now been expanded to include a wealth of fun interactive CD-ROM exercises so students can practise what they've learnt at their own pace.... More

"A collection of 16 hot, intermediate-level flatpicking guitar solos from five of the leading exponents of this technique, plus a CD featuring performances of all of the tunes. David Bromberg is known as the leader of one of the most successful acoustic bands of the 1970's and 1980's. The Kitchen Gi... More