Eric Schoenberg is an American

United States

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 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 known for his fingerstyle guitar

Guitar

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 playing, as well as a recording artist and designer of acoustic guitars.

He owns Eric Schoenberg Guitars, a guitar store in Tiburon

Tiburon, California

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, California

California

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, U.S.A., which sells vintage and luthier-made acoustic guitars.

Eric and his cousin Dave Laibman

David Laibman

David Laibman is Professor of Economics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He received a Ph.D. in Economics in 1973 at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York...

 were among the first transposers of classical piano ragtime to the guitar. This resulted in their album, Contemporary Ragtime Guitar, on Folkways Records.

He has performed, toured, recorded and written extensively.

Recordings

• "New Ragtime Guitar" (1971), Folkways Records
  Folkways Records
  Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987, and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.-History:...
  
  , with Dave Laibman;
• "Acoustic Guitar", Rounder Records;
• "Steel Strings", Rounder Records;
• "Late Night Conversations", Live Music Recordings, a duet with Richard Scholtz.

External links

• Official site
• [ Allmusic.com Eric Schoenberg]
• The New Ragtime Guitar Album Details at Smithsonian Folkways
  Smithsonian Folkways
  Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...