Frank Vignola and the Virtuoso Band - Concert in Salt Lake City - Oct. 24, 2011

Video: (don't miss the ending of this encore number)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctXTnZx4j5A

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We had to wait until after the show to take these pictures because there were so many people around Ryan that we couldn't get a good picture. What a great problem to have!

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Concert-goer admiring the inlay work on one of Ryan's guitars.

Ryan said about this inlay work, "This guitar is a new Guardsman Jumbo Flattop which is inlaid with an organic looking vine design based around local native plants."
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Here is a close up view of that guitar:
(Be sure to click on this picture to fully enjoy the amazing inlay work!)

(Pictures by Steve Tregeagle)

My wife, Sondra, and I got to have lunch with Frank and his Band in the afternoon, enjoyed one of the most amazing concerts we have ever heard that evening and then in addition, saw our son's guitars admired and praised by almost everyone there.

Thank you has to be given to Gordon Hanks and JazzSLC. The great drummer, Jeff Hamilton, was here last month and said he didn't know of a better jazz promoter in the entire country than Gordon Hanks. Take a look at the wonderful jazz programs Gordon and JazzSLC have sponsored over the past 18 years: http://www.jazzslc.com/index.php?id=4

Ryan's love of playing jazz guitar in high school and then making his beautiful guitars can be directly traced to his love of the great jazz musicians that Gordon Hanks brought to Salt Lake City over the years.(http://thorellblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/ryan-thorell-utah-high-scho...)

Thanks Gordon for all you have done for my son and so many hundreds of others. Take a look at what Gordon has meant to the jazz programs in our Utah high schools and colleges: http://www.jazzslc.com/index.php?id=3