Week 1
Guitar Week
Mini-Class - Creating Accompaniment for
                        Ballads, Blues and Field Hollers
Parrish Ellis

Parrish Ellis is a guitarist, banjoist, singer and songwriter specializing in the piedmont style of country blues, and other strains of traditional African-American music. He tours full-time with the acoustic trio, The Wiyos (www.thewiyos.com), playing "vaudevillian-ragtime-jugband-blues and hillbilly swing". In addition to finger-picking country blues, he's a proficient rhythm player in the swing and old-time Appalachian music idioms. He has recorded 2 solo albums and 3 cds with The Wiyos.