"TAB Guitar School 10th Anniversary
Concerts"(Aug. 4th-8th,
2001)
Thank you very much
for your coming!
TAB Guitar
School celebrated our 10th anniversary in July 2001 since I had
established it in 1991. In addition to a guitar school, we started
the video/CD label in 1994 and since then we have released a lot
of products for the Japanese market. Also, we have organized the
Japanese tours of great American & European acoustic guitarists.
We are confident that our activities have contributed to the Japanese
acoustic music scene. Anyway, looking back at these 10 years,
we experienced various things. But it is wholly owing to your
support that we have been able to do well so far. I really thank
you all from the bottom of my heart.
"TAB Guitar School 10th Anniversary
Concerts" were the events for our 10th anniversary celebration
and for our thankfulness to you all who had supported us. The
performers were the well-known TAB artists: me(Tokio Uchida),
Aki, Takashi Hamada and Duck Baker. Duck is one of the greatest
fingerpickers in the world and now he is familiar to Japanese
acoustic fans because we featured him at our former concerts several
times. I believe that all of the audience enjoyed the stages.
And Stefan Grossman, who taught me the guitar and is a business
partner, sent me the message for our 10th anniversary and I introduced
it to the audience on the stages.
We presented "TAB 10th Anniversary"
fan as a commemorative to all of the audience. We made a limited
quantity of this fan. Though we used it as a free gift for the
10th anniversary thankful sale of our mail order, it is a rare
item. On the back of the fan, various happenings are introduced
as "the 10-year history of TAB Guitar School". In fact
we had more happenings that we don't need to introduce or can't
introduce. Although in those ways only noncommittal things were
introduced, please read them when you get spare time, and you
can know our activities in detail.
We will head for next ten years and plan
such conerts and products pleasing you all. Please support our
activity for the future continually.
Tokio Uchida / TAB Guitar School (Aug. 2001)
*Some photos of TAB 10th Anniversary
Concerts were uploaded. If you want to look at them, please click
"Photo1-15" below.
Photo 1¥¥¥The
waiting at Star Pine's Cafe till the show starts (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 2¥¥¥Tokio's
greeting, holding "TAB 10th anniversary fan" (Aug.
4th, 2001)
Photo 3¥¥¥Top
of the order AKI's performances (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 4¥¥¥We
never dreamed that we might listen to AKI's vocal!! (Aug.
4th, 2001)
Photo 5¥¥¥Next
performer was "Ragtime Monster" Takashi Hamada. (Aug.
4th, 2001)
Photo 6¥¥¥After
a break, Tokio Uchida appeared for the 2nd part of the show.
(Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 7¥¥¥Last
performer Duck Baker appeared (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 8¥¥¥Duck
liked "TAB 10th anniversary fan" (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 9¥¥¥Tokio
and Duck's guitar duos for the last part of the show (Aug. 4th,
2001)
Photo 10¥¥¥The customary autograph session after the
show (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 11¥¥¥Takashi and Duck who are relieved after the
autograph session (Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 12¥¥¥The party after the show. "Cheers!!"
(Aug. 4th, 2001)
Photo 13¥¥¥A scene at Minoya Hall in Osaka (Aug. 5th,
2001)
Photo 14¥¥¥After all, Okonomiyaki at the Osaka night
(Aug. 5th, 2001)
Photo 15¥¥¥Duck's shoulders are chronically stiff!!
(Aug. 8th, 2001)
TAB Guitar School
Hiranuma Bldg. 3f, 13-1 Hatagaya 2-chome,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0072 Japan
TEL: 03-5350-3509 / FAX: 03-3372-6465