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Kuba Suttles

About Me


I was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1946, moved to British Columbia in 1954 and now reside in Calgary, Alberta where I work as an artist, musician, instructor, producer and audio engineer. Love of art is often connected to a love of music. Childhood was filled with choir and piano lessons and by the end of high school in 1965 I was swept in to the world of a touring musician. Music took me to places like Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Frankfurt, Germany; Tokyo, Japan; and across Canada. My influences have been classical from my youth, rock from the late sixties and traditional and folk in the late seventies when I began to write songs. I have recorded two singles, two albums and now a solo CD. I have performed in almost every major folk festival in western Canada including the very first and second Vancouver Folk Festival, Nelson, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Farrago, Canmore, Calgary, and Winnipeg Folk Festivals. I have performed many times at the Commodore in Vancouver with several different bands including opening for such great artists as Jose Feliciano and Shawn Phillips. It has also been my great privilege to perform on stage with some of Canada's top musicians like Valdy, Leon Bibb, Sheri Ulrich and Bruce Cockburn.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/01/2007
Band Website: bowtownmusic.com
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Birth of Book, Guitar One

I am so thrilled to announce the birth of my new book, GUITAR ONE, BEGINNER COURSE. Thanks to Music Makers in Calgary, the very first copies hit the shelves today. And sold!This book had it's beginnin...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:00 GMT

For the last time.MPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJWCdTnHwc
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:41:00 GMT

distant places.mpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvSpodsSa40
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:28:00 GMT

Flying Mountain Reunion CD Launch Party

If you can be in Vancouver on March 9 please join us for this exciting event! After more than 25 years we are coming together again to play all the favorites like Bouzouki Jam and The Road To Lisdoonv...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Free guitar lesson

I would like to offer each of you a free lesson as a trial session. I am working out the process of doing a one on one guitar lesson via webcam. If you are interested, all you need is a webcam with a ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:35:00 GMT

New CD from Flying Mountain

Hi everyone, I'm very happy to announce the release of a new CD called "The Zest Of Flying Mountain". I was a part of this band back in the late 70's. We recorded two LP's which have been digitally re...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:52:00 GMT

Guitar Lesson X, combining scales and progressions

     Dear readers, this will be the final instalment of this series of guitar lessons. With the tools I have presented here you should be able to carry on to whatever musical goals you ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:07:00 GMT

Guitar Lesson IX, Blues Progression

     Did I mention we are building a garage/studio? It's like a two car garage with a one car garage attached to it. We decided to insulate both parts to be able to record bands. The sm...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:35:00 GMT

Guitar Lesson VIII Progression Theory

     It almost snowed the other day and there are a lot of yellow leaves on the trees. I guess Nature is telling us to prepare for winter. It's time to pull out the boots and gloves. We...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:25:00 GMT

Guitar Lesson VII, more chords

     Hey ho my merry minstrel friends, it's a gorgeous, brilliantly sunny morning here in Calgary. Are you ready for another workout?     Let's begin at the begining...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:13:00 GMT