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Vin Downes

Vin Downes
Country
United States
Bio / info

Vin Downes began studying guitar at the age of eleven. His early interests were in electric guitar, but this all changed when he heard the opening notes of David Cullen’s “Along the Way” on a Windham Hill Records guitar sampler. He immediately immersed himself in the fingerstyle music of Will Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Alex deGrassi, and David Cullen. Downes furthered his interest of fingerstyle guitar technique and music composition by earning a degree in classical performance/music education from William Paterson University in New Jersey.  After college, he studied guitar with NJ guitarist, John Sheehan. Sheehan introduced Downes to roots music through the stylings of guitarists John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Davey Graham, John Renbourn, and Bert Jansch. Greatly inspired by his mentor, Will Ackerman, Vin Downes has has developed his own unique voice as a composer and guitarist. His focus is to write music that is always contemplative and deeply emotional. 

Website
http://vindownes.com
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Releases on file (3)
Vin Downes / Jeff Oster / Tom Eaton — Seven Conversations Vin Downes / Jeff Oster / Tom Eaton — Seven Conversations
(Bandcamp no#, 2024, DL)
Departure — The Echoes Living Room Concert Departure — The Echoes Living Room Concert
(Bandcamp no#, 2017/2024, DL)
Vin Downes — When The Sea Lets Go Vin Downes — When The Sea Lets Go
(Riverwide 1215, 2017, CD)
 

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