Introduction to Guitar with Jack Semple

Description

Learn the basics of playing the guitar online with Juno and Western Canadian Music Award winner, Jack Semple. Plan to attend all four sessions. Teens ages 15 and over are welcome.

Additional Information

Date Range: Program runs Thursday evenings from February 17th to March 10th, from 7:00 to 8:00pm. Plan to attend all 4 sessions. 

Don't have a guitar? Borrow one through the Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library at Regina Public Library. https://www.reginalibrary.ca/services/instrument-lending 

This program is conducted through Zoom.  Register to receive a reminder, the evaluation and any other resources.  Click the link to join. 

Jack Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a popular funk and rhythm and blues band. He left the band after two years and returned to Regina to pursue a solo career and to spend more time with his family. After his move back to Regina, Semple contributed to television and music scores and appeared in the title role of Guitarman, a 1994 television movie. Semple also commenced a solo recording career that has resulted in the release of ten albums. In 1992, Semple came to national prominence through winning the MuchMusic "Guitar Wars" contest. Semple has been twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for a Gemini Award for his soundtrack work on the television series Incredible Story Studio. Semple won a Juno award in 1991 for best roots recording. He has won two Western Canadian music awards for "Qu'Appelle" and "In the Blue Light". Semple continues to perform as a solo artist and with The Jack Semple Band, across Canada and now being championed across America!

Jack Semple writes and performs "Modern Blues" without forgetting where he came from. He is an epic guitarist and a soulful singer. His music is like Stevie Ray Vaughn meets James Brown meets Robben Ford. He is a Juno Award winner and Western Canadian Music Award winner.