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"There is something incredibly satisfying about a guitar lick that gallops up the strings and tags every sweet note in its path...Saucy!"
-Guitar Player Magazine
Geoff Hartwell is a New York guitarist, songwriter, teacher and clinician. Growing up, he studied guitar fiercely and was playing NYC venues such as CBGB's, Kenny’s Castaways and the Lion's Den by the time he was in his teens.
Geoff Hartwell has been a Premier Guitar faculty in the music department at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, and is a long-time faculty member at the National Guitar Workshop’s main campus in Connecticut and satellites such as Austin, Texas. In 2007 he taught a seminar called “Sounds of the Slide Guitar Masters†with special guests Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar in Austin. This led to a sold-out show in New York with Geoff Hartwell and Sonny Landreth performing together again.
Recent television performances include appearing as a “Naked Hippie†in a hugely popular skit on Saturday Night Live (which was chosen to open the “Best of the Year†DVD), and playing guitar for the theme to the Discovery Channel show “Outward Boundâ€. He has done interview/performances on The Guitar Show with Mike Byrnes, and The Listening Room on RNN. Hartwell has also enjoyed a great response to airplay of his CD, “Perfect Stranger†on college radio stations in the Northeast such as WVKR, Vassar College Radio.
In addition to maintaining a busy clinic and teaching schedule, Geoff Hartwell continues to perform roughly 200 nights per year.
Geoff Hartwell plays Hamer Guitars because they rule. He is also endorsed by Gold Tone Acoustic Instruments and Pigtronix Effects and is sponsored by Sam Ash Music .
SOME REVIEWS :
"He's my hope for the future...I can't say enough good stuff about him. The really cool thing about Geoff is that he's got all the chops but he's got SOUL."
-Sonny Landreth - Slide Guitar Heavyweight Champion
"Guitar slinger/songwriter Geoff Hartwell's debut CD 'Perfect Stranger' is a true testimonial to his obvious love and talent with both the sonic and the sonnet, the searing and the soft".
-Cindy Cashdollar, world-class lap steel & Dobro artist (Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart)
"(Geoff Hartwell) has distinguished himself as an up and coming musician and songwriter with some serious slide guitar chops."
-MORE SUGAR! Magazine
"Aside from being an outstanding musician and guitar player, Geoff Hartwell’s skills as a clinician put him at the top of the heap. Geoff’s knowledge and understanding of the mechanics of slide playing is bullet-proof. The master-class he conducted at the Lone Star School of Music was attended by absolute beginners, professional guitarists and every level in between- No one left empty-handed. Not only do Geoff’s skills as a slide player put him in an elite group of musicians, but his ability to break down those skills and demonstrate them in simple, crystal clear terms make him one of a kind."
-Kurt Phillips - President, Lone Star School of Music, Austin, Texas
You can now get copies of my NEW Instructional DVD "Ultimate Slide Guitar: Esssential Slide Techniques"!!! Here's a link to a super cool trailer. I'm really proud of it, and I hope you'll like it! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
CHECK OUT THIS GREAT VIDEO ABOUT THE BAND!!!
HERES A VIDEO OF GEOFF HARTWELL APPEARING ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AS A NAKED HIPPY CONGRESSMAN!!!
HERE'S A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO HAMER GUITARS AND WHY I PLAY THEM!!!