Adam Rafferty

I love helping people achieve “aha” moments. Sometimes these insights “bleed” into a personal development – flavor! As a 6 year old kid I started with Woody Mann as my teacher and learned little fingerpicking blues tabs from Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake and others. Like many guitar players I went through the phases of rock, classical and then got deep into jazz. I played jazz guitar for many years in NYC, and got to play with some jazz greats along the way like Mike Longo (pianist for Dizzy Gillespie and my mentor), Alvin Queen (Drums for Oscar Peterson & Horace Silver), Dr. Lonnie Smith (B3 organ with George Benson), Buster Williams, Bob Cranshaw, Tal Farlow….the list goes on! In 2006 I got way deep into fingerstyle guitar after hearing the one and only Tommy Emmanuel. Since then – life has changed. I have toured worldwide (Bangkok, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria, Scotland, Bermuda, Singapore, Malaysia, Czech Republic), released several fingerstyle instruction DVDS (teaching Stevie Wonder, Jackson Five and Jazz Guitar), and amassed over 10 million YouTube views. I hope that YOU learn some great fingerstyle guitar stuff here and enjoy the site! Poke around the website. There’s free lessons here, tabs, videos (intermediate level) so you can really play some great solo guitar pieces (with practice of course!). PS, I have only just started reading your ‘spiritual/philosophical’ writings but already I am hooked!! Keep up the great site! but i have a quick question for you, can you make a tab for your “celebration” cover available, my sister is getting married and wants me to play that song as they walk out of the church for her. 2. I just wanted to stop by and say thanks. I had found your video of you doing Billie Jean on youtube about a year back and was taken in by how great the song played. Lately I have been watching your videos a way of finding new and beautiful music to listen to. Although you play other peoples songs you seem to make every note of theirs your own. Your playing not only leeks style but oozes every ounce of feeling possible, so thank you Mr. Rafferty for being awesome! ….. for connecting with the web of life through your music and thoughts I offer my sincere thanks. I have been listening to your clips over the last month. Fantastic! You have a strong soulful connection that resonates with the human spirit. I just discovered your blog and find your perceptions fascinating -they connect with many of my own. Thanks Eddie. I need to update this “about page” but if you’ve been following my vids, you’ve been following me….God bless!!!! Ireland will happen for sure… 4. hey dude, just caught your stuff on a friends facebook account. “Rock With You”. Brilliant stuff, mate. when you in Minneapolis? hit me back. 5. Visited your blog site and didn’t see any stipulations about e-mailing you through the same, so I hope this gets noticed. You do incredible work!…have you done or are you planning to do a cover version of the “Sultans Of Swing” (by Dire Straits), it’s such a sweet melody. Btw, I’m emailing this from Nassau, New Providence in the Bahamas. This is a forum with about 45,000 guitar playing members. You might wish to stop in and comment. I love your playing and I bet a lot of folks on the forum will too! Truefire is a company that offers some wonderful courses but the forums are open to all folks who play and teach (and even sell) guitar music. 11. I really enjoy your music but the “Law of Attraction” really? There is no such law. I would propose that you got to be where you are because of work, determination, immersion, opportunity, rather than magic. People need to take credit for their skills not shrug it off as undefined. I think young guitarists reading this site need to see that it takes perseverance, character, patience, work, to play as well as you do. And even then, there are no guarantees. Well, it depends what you think the Law of Attraction is. Every effect pre – supposes a cause…an