The Hornby Island Blues Society believes that music creates community, and Blues and Roots music energize the spirit and inspire attitude. In 2018 we continue our unique workshops where we invite a dozen or so of the finest Canadian Blues and Roots musicians around to share their knowledge and inspiration with those 70 students fortunate enough to have successfully registered for the camp. Our workshops cover a variety of instruments and blues playing styles and with our small class sizes, students get a hands-on instruction that is at the heart of all successful learning. Wednesday: Steve Kozak - Guitar

Major: Beyond Inspiration: Guitar instrumentals of The Texas Cannonball… The Great Freddie King Student Level: Beginner to Advanced

All electric blues guitarists should have at least a few good instrumentals in their repertoire and should play at least a couple of the hit instrumentals by the great Freddie King. Freddie King was an all-around Bluesman, his style a mixture of the Texas and Chicago sounds. ! Wednesday minor: Chicago and Texas Style Blues Favorites Level: Beginner to advanced.

We will look at a few examples of some of my favorite 12 bar and 8 bar Chicago and Texas Blues tunes. We’ll examine the form and some different styles of rhythm playing, turnarounds, and riffs. And we will check out of some of my influences and favorites.