My friend Cory Seznec will be in town from his home in France in order to teach guitar at the Swannanoa Gathering. Cory is a masterful guitarist/banjoist who has spent many years traveling and studying numerous vernacular strains of African traditional music, which has significantly influenced his original compositions and interpretations of African-American blues, ragtime and gospel songs. He is a really amazing and fluidly musical guitarist. I’ll open the show by playing a few original blues and ragtime guitar compositions, and then will be joined by virtuosic fiddler Steve Trismen for a few bluegrass songs, fiddle tunes and country blues numbers.