There is going to be another dobro workshop with Jimmy Heffernan hosted by the Bluegrass Parlor. This time the workshop will be held at the Tranquilo coffee shop November 3rd and 4th. Last time we had a great turn out and everyone that attended the last one really enjoyed it. I found it to be the most well conducted and informative workshops I have ever attended.

For more information contact Jimmy via email at info@jimmyheffernan.net

If you would like to know a little more about what goes on at one of the workshops go to Jimmy's website for more information.

http://www.jimmyheffernan.net/jh_mainframe.html

A slideshow of some pictures from last years workshop.


Here is a comment about last years workshop:

"Fantastic time! We had 11 pickers there, and all were pretty accomplished, as Jimmy himself stated. That was real nice, since we didn't have just one or two guys either blowing everyone away or slowing the pace.

Guitars: Wow. Jimmy was playing an Auldridge Beard, as was one other picker. Bob and Marty were showing off their brand new 'horns, and there were about 4 or 5 others there as well. My '96 JD Dobro was there with one other. The guy sitting next to me, Tug, had a Wechter 'horn that had a nice worm ring to it. There were two guys playing very 'horn-esque guitars by a builder whose name escapes me. Bob?
To me, the stand outs were Bob's walnut Wolfe, a beautiful and very warm guitar (thanks to Bob who very generously let me play it for as long as I wanted). The other, brought by a fine picker here in Tampa named Todd, was a maple Beard that had great tone and rang like a howitzer. It was also a real beauty, with a beautiful grain that ran through the body and neck. Reminded me a lot of the Clinesmith Koa out on the Greg
Boyd website.

Speaking of Clinesmiths, another fine picker, Damon Wack, brought his 'smith along that he's looking to sell. That was a real beauty, and was loud enough to part your hair.

Content-wise, I left the weekend feeling like I'd been hit by a bus. Jimmy did a fantastic job of laying out all the chord and scale theory I was hoping for, but in a practical way that us pedestrian musical midgets can grasp and use. He covered all the technique issues I was hoping for, plus a lot more. The instruction and materials he gave us will keep me busy for a very long time to come.
Plus, he was a heck of a nice guy to be around, very approachable and down to earth. I could say the same for the students, who appeared to bond together pretty quick. I picked up far more from the rest of the guys than I ever thought I would.

A good time, to be sure, and an event not to be missed if he comes to your town."