††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† †††Bio :††††††††††††† From upstate New York, Gordon Munding specializes in acoustic Blues & American roots music. Frank DeBlase, of Rochester's City Newspaper describes Munding's style as: "He dances across old National strings with red clay overtones in the swampy air. Crisscrossing with Appalachian, Bluegrass & Delta Blues, arising from the smoke of an impending collision" (July, 2006).†††††††††††† Gordon has opened for many national acts, including Doc Watson, Richard Thompson, and Jerry Jeff Walker (of "Mr. Bojangles" fame). He has fronted local & regional bands along with his solo career, playing bottle neck slide and fingerstyle guitar. He performs & teaches the oldtime styles for entertainment as well as preservation of this American treasure. He teaches in blues workshops, festivals and schools. He also teaches privately in his home.††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† †††††††††††††††††††††††††††CDs ††† Down Home Blues 1995 with Blue Delta, was Gordon's first Cd. This album demonstrates early blues influences of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, among others. Garnering favorable reviews, including "Deftly combines elements of Bluegrass & prewar blues" (Aug.1995 - Dan Bindert of Rochester Scene Magazine).Blue Mountain Ballad 2005 with Walkin' Willie, was a tribute to old time Country blues ("Oh Brother") styles. This album received many positive reviews including Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and City Newspaper. Both Cd's received radio play locally & regionally, throughout New York State. (See more Reviews page.) †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Style/ similar artists †††† Oldtime Delta Blues, from the Mississippi to the Appalachian regions/ Like Robert Johnson, Doc Watson, David Bromberg, and Keb Mo.††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Venues: Red Creek Inn (1984-85), Naples Grape fest. (Sept. 2005), Brother Wease† Show WCMF (Sept. 2005) Boulder Coffee Rochester N.Y, 4/06 & 9/06, Rochester, Castle Belhurst Geneva NY (3/06 & 6/06 - with return engagements 2007), Murph's Pub ( 4 &12 /2005) Scheduled: Montage 1/20/ 07, Beale St. II in Webster, ny each Wed nite†† Also performing Thursday nites at Beale Street in Rochester NY