Bob Culbertson
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Bob Culbertson is an influential Chapman Stick
player. An early adopter of the instrument, he is notable for his many recorded albums and extensive touring.
Bob Culbertson has opened and performed with many popular musicians, including Robben Ford
, Steve Morse
, Allan Holdsworth
, and members of Santana
amongst others. He has taught hundreds of players and released a set of instructional Stick videos titled Lessons on the Stick.
Culbertson is famous not only for his technique, which allows him to play three to four parts simultaneously (e.g. bass line, chords and melody), but also for his compositional talent. His official discography lists seven albums to his credit. Furthermore, a DVD of Bob Culbertson live (recorded in studio, in front of blue screen) is available. According to his official site, Bob Culbertson has sold over 100,000 albums, most of which sold during live concerts, seminars, and through his website.
Around 2002, Bob Culbertson together with Emmett Chapman
and luthier
Craig Anderson created the AcouStick, the first acoustical Stick instrument. It is featured on Culbertson's CD AcouStick Dawn and DVD Un Viaje Classico.
Audio CDs:
VHS:
DVD:
Instructional video:
Compilations:
Chapman Stick
The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
player. An early adopter of the instrument, he is notable for his many recorded albums and extensive touring.
Bob Culbertson has opened and performed with many popular musicians, including Robben Ford
Robben Ford
Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
, Steve Morse
Steve Morse
Steven J. "Steve" Morse is an American guitarist and composer, best known for his work in the hard rock band Deep Purple since 1994. He began his career to form the unique styled instrumental rock band Dixie Dregs in the 1970. Morse's musical inspiration comes from country, funk, jazz fusion, and...
, Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
, and members of Santana
Santana (band)
Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
amongst others. He has taught hundreds of players and released a set of instructional Stick videos titled Lessons on the Stick.
Culbertson is famous not only for his technique, which allows him to play three to four parts simultaneously (e.g. bass line, chords and melody), but also for his compositional talent. His official discography lists seven albums to his credit. Furthermore, a DVD of Bob Culbertson live (recorded in studio, in front of blue screen) is available. According to his official site, Bob Culbertson has sold over 100,000 albums, most of which sold during live concerts, seminars, and through his website.
Around 2002, Bob Culbertson together with Emmett Chapman
Emmett Chapman
Emmett Chapman is a jazz musician best known as the inventor of the Chapman Stick and maker of Chapman Stick family of instruments.Originally a guitarist, Chapman began recording and performing beginning in the late 1960s...
and luthier
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
Craig Anderson created the AcouStick, the first acoustical Stick instrument. It is featured on Culbertson's CD AcouStick Dawn and DVD Un Viaje Classico.
Discography
Most of Culbertson's albums are live, solo recordings with the use of no effects other than a small ambient use of reverb.Audio CDs:
- Bob Culbertson (19??) - solo, unlisted in official discography
- Stick (1989), unlisted in official discography
- New World Dance (1992) - African Rain, unlisted in official discography
- A Moment In Time (1994) - solo
- Season of Joy (1995) - solo
- Cafe San Francisco (1996) - solo
- The Touch (1998) - solo
- Romantica I (2000) - solo
- Romantica II (2000) - solo
- AcouStick Dawn (2003) - solo
VHS:
- Solo Flight (1999)
DVD:
- Un Viaje Classico (2003)
Instructional video:
- Lessons on the Stick (1999)
- Lessons on the Stick (DVD) (2008)
Compilations:
- Tappistry, Vol. 1 (1996) — 1 track
- Stick Night '99 (1999) — 2 tracks