Eric Schoenberg began his love affair with the guitar in 1959. He started teaching in the early Sixties
and before long became the second-half of a duo with his cousin, Dave Laibman, helping Dave perform
his amazing, ground-breaking arrangements of classical ragtime.
Their album, Contemporary Ragtime Guitar, on Folkways Records, is considered a classic and remains
a benchmark for today’s fingerstyle players.

In the early Seventies Eric began touring the United States, Europe and Japan playing his innovative
arrangements of the classical rags, traditional folk and Celtic music, the blues, country, and The Beatles,
and making a lasting contribution to the fingerstyle repertoire. Eric also released two solo albums,
Acoustic Guitar and Steel Strings, on Rounder Records.

He continues to perform and record, most recently with Richard Scholtz on Late Night Conversations,
and has written a book, Fingerpicking Beatles. He runs a concert series out of his Tiburon guitar shop,
where, as an acknowledged expert in vintage instruments, Eric appraises old Martins, Gibsons, Stellas,
and the like. Eric Schoenberg Guitars was recently called one of the ten best in the U.S. to visit to learn
about vintage guitars. He is considered a world reknowned luthier.

The Music

Originally released January 1, 1971, this rare recording is yet another classic
ragtime fingerstyle collaboration with David Laibman.

Media



Eric Schoenberg Jukebox

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