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Adair native Frank Neat will be a featured luthier at Berea

Event is dedicated to memory of Homer Ledford
Three area luthiers, will include Adair County native Frank Neat, now of Russell Springs, KY; Jimmy Robertson, Good Luck in Metcalfe County; and Arthur Hatfield, Glasgow, will be featured in a special exhibition, Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers, at the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, KY, starting on June 21, 2007.

Frank Neat builds custom model guitars and Stanleytones at Neat Banjo Repair Company, 84 Womack ST, in Russell Springs, KY.



Arthur Hatfield builds relatively inexpensive quality guitars at Hatfield Banjo's in Glasgow.

Jimmy Robertson, whose shop is south of Edmonton in the little community of Good Luck, builds a really good guitar, with nice finishes.

The exhibition will feature the art and tradition of Kentuckians who are considered masters in the making and repairing of guitars, fiddles, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers and other original stringed instruments will open at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea on June 21, and continue on display through September 9, 2007.

Other featured artists include Roy Bowen, Winchester; Gary Cornett, Louisville; Cathy Currier, Richmond; Bryan England, Caneyville; Neil Kendrick, Frenchburg; Donna Lamb, Lancaster; Lewis Lamb, Lancaster; Scott Leedy, Winchester; Warren A. May, Berea; Art Mize, Lexington; Douglas Naselroad, Winchester; Frank Pittman, Bowling Green; and Larry Shepherd, Caneyville.

This exhibit, funded through a National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces grant, is dedicated to the memory of master luthier, craftsman, instrument inventor and musician, Homer Ledford who passed away December 11, 2006.

The Kentucky Arts Council will host the opening reception for Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers with a demonstration by master luthiers and a special tribute performance by the Cabin Creek Band (formerly Homer Ledford and the Cabin Creek Band).

The reception is from 6:00 7:30 p.m., June 21, 2007, at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, off Interstate 75 at Berea exit 77. The event is free and open to the public.

Made to be played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers is the result of fieldwork conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an interagency program of the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society, sponsors of the exhibit.
Basic story courtesy Commonwealth News Service


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Hands of Homer Ledford



2007-06-12 - Photo Commonwealth News Service.
The hands of Homer Ledford carving a dulcimer headstock.

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