I grew up near Edmonton, Alberta and then moved to the city for university and spent a total of four years there.  My sister lives there came across an article in a local magazine she thought I might find interesting.   I had never heard of Frank Gay and although I find the claims of “one of the greatest players and builders in the world” a bit ambitious that is typical of this little world we love.  He may well have been the best ever but how was anyone to know?  To be hailed as one of the best today requires only that you have an excellent marketing machine working for you while back in those days (50s and onwards) becoming famous for building or playing was hardly possible.   The article tells us of a  recently published book about Frank which I am sure will make for good reading and gives me another reason to be proud of my “home town”.

This photo comes from the following page by Marc O’Hara.

I did a search on the magazine’s webpage for guitar and found the reference to a 20th anniversary concert of the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society (It seems that Frank founded one of those in Edmonton but obviously not this one).  The lineup looked good and included Sebastian Robles who won 4th prize in the youth category of the GFA this year.  Keep on Truckin’ Edmonton!