Tisdell John & Debi

Products and Services

Catfish John plays a wide variety of instruments and styles of music. Private individual instruction is available to students ages 10 and older on the following instruments:Guitar (acoustic, electric) Violin (fiddle) MandolinUkulele Bass Guitar Dobro/Lap SteelBanjoHarmonica Clarinet Flute Patient and professional instruction out of our upCountry studio (Makawao). Choose the instrument and style of music you want to learn. Lessons are available on a weekly basis at $35/hr. Catfish John is the author of the instructional book, "Beginning Guitar". It is available with a 2 CD set that includes all the lessons in the book. (175 pgs. - $40

About Tisdell John & Debi

Catfish John Tisdell makes his home on Maui playing music, teaching music lessons, and if the wind is blowing right, you'll most likely find him windsurfing at Kanaha. Recording artist, Catfish John Tisdell has recorded a wide variety of CD's ranging from Blues and Rock styles to traditional folk music.Since his first public performances in the early 70's in Denver, Catfish has toured the country both as a solo artist and in bands, performing in clubs, coffeehouses, music festivals and concerts. His favorite style of music is a combination of Blues/Rock, but he has performed in bands ranging from traditional blues and folk to more contemporary rock.Catfish has hosted weekly jam sessions on public radio, (he has a B.A. in Radio and TV Production), booked college concerts, written a guitar instructional book, and has taught many music workshops and classes. He is a recording artist, songwriter, author, and studio musician with a variety of CD's, cassettes and books to his credit.Since moving to Maui in 1991, John has performed in several bands. He started the Front Street Blues Band, which featured many of his original compositions as well as classic and contemporary blues and rock tunes. He played fiddle and banjo in the group "String Fever" (He also engineered their album, "Contagious".) and has played in a number of duos playing in clubs and on tour boats.He heads up his own band, "Catfish John and Friends", and is an avid windsurfer. Incidentally, Catfish got his nick-name from swimming in an algae covered pond in North Carolina.Catfish John TisdellKOA Music StudioP.O. Box 880464Pukalani, HI 96788808.572.7957 john@catfish-john.comwww.catfish-john.com