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Tonella

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I play traditional roots blues, country blues and acoustic blues. I first started playing electric guitar in 1986, after seeing Angus Young playing during the Rock in Rio concert in 1985. I always listened to the Blues which drove me to get my first resonator guitar 10 years ago. Since that day, I abandoned electric guitar. Initially I had great difficulty of finding study material or a traditional "rural" blues teacher which left me thinking that the only way to really learn the blues was by being self-taught. Perhaps the most difficult part was switching to thumb and finger picks, which are essential to the style.
My principal influences include Robert Johnson, Mississippi John
Hurt, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Steve James, Bob Brozman, Sam
Chatmon, Black Ace, Woody Mann, Mance Lipscomb, Rev Gary Davis, Kelly Joe Phelps, Corey Harris and many others. Since my transition to the "Acoustic World" I have switched back and forth between steel string acoustics and resonators, which are my true passion, as they lead me down the path to Country Blues.
Comecei na guitarra eléctrica em 1986, depois de ver o Angus Young no Rock in Rio em 85. Sempre ouvi Blues, e há cerca de 10 anos me deparei com o primeiro resonator. Desde então, parei com a guitarra elétrica. A dificuldade em conseguir material de estudo no Brasil, ou mesmo professores no "velho estilo" do Blues rural, somado a minha crença de que o Blues não se aprende na escola, me levou a ser auto didata no estilo. No início foi bem complicado, principalmente a transição da palheta para o dedilhado com dedeira e unheiras de metal, que acho essenciais para o estilo.
Minhas principais influências são Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Steve James, Bob Brozman, Sam Chatmon, Black Ace, Woody Mann, Mance Lipscomb, Rev Gary Davis, Kelly Joe Phelps, Corey Harris entre outros. Desde minha mudança para o "mundo acústico", venho alternando entre o violão de cordas de aço e os resonators, e há cerca de um ano toco quase que exclusivamente em resonators, que são a minha verdadeira paixão e que me levaram para o Country Blues.

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Member Since: 20/09/2006
Band Website: http://petonella.googlepages.com/
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Influences: Steve James, Bob Brozman, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Roy Book Binder, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Black Ace, Corey Harris, Bukka White, Mance Lipscomb, Woody Mann, Michael Hedges, Ry Cooder, John Hammond Jr... ... ... ...
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