Jonathan
Meredith has been playing fingerstyle ragtime guitar for about 40 years. He
plays both nylon and steel string guitars for both classical rags and parlor
rags as well as ragtime arrangements of original, popular, jazz, novelty tunes
from the 30's and 40's. He plays in and around the foothill area of Nevada City
and Grass Valley. In the mid 1980's he produced a series called
"Ragtime" in Nevada City featuring piano, guitar, dancing,
slideshows, history, cakewalks and ensemble groups. Jonathan also
produced a series of California and Klondike Gold Rush productions which were
performed locally and at the Huntington Library in Pasadena. Vocal
and instrumental arrangements of Fats Waller's tunes will also be heard. Jonathan
also plays gypsy jazz , country swing and old timey music in a band with
his wife, Margo, called "The Buffalo Gals".
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