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Godzilla
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Head & Heart
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Obrigado (Egberto)
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This Dragon Won't Sleep
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Yoyomama
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Any Colour But Blue
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Groovy Sunflowers
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Afraid To Dance
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Tierra Maya
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Catherine (new version)
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Au Jardin D'Amour
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Big Steps in Little Shoes
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Zarzuela (new version)

This Dragon Won't Sleep: Don Ross

© Don Ross 1995

This Dragon Won't Sleep, released in 1995, features full band arrangements on most of the tracks and a few solo guitar pieces. Afraid to Dance, one of Don’s most requested song’s to perform live, highlights the diverse range of acoustic music on this CD. He is often accompanied by several other musicians whom all add their specialty.

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Beautifully written and produced, this cd is must own for all DR fans.

 
Other CD's By Don Ross

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Dolphins
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Rylynn
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Spirit of the West

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Don Ross & Andy McKee : The Thing that came from Somewhere

Acoustic Music

The new cd includes duets versions of five familiar tunes composed by each guitarist, two duet arrangements of compositions by Russell Ferrante and Mike Marshall, and two solo tracks by each of Don and Andy for a total of 11 great performances.

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Afraid to Dance
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Catherine
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With you in Mind

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Don Ross : Live in your Head

Acoustic Guitar & Band

"Live in Your Head" is a collection of solo and ensemble live recordings from concerts, collected by Don Ross over the past five years. This 80-minute CD has been carefully assembled and mixed by Don Ross personally.

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Tochigi
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Brooke's Waltz
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Rockbarra

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Don Ross : Music for Vacuuming

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Don Ross's latest released, Music for Vacuuming, shows a renewed optimism in Don's creative approach thanks to the wonderful changes in his life.

One of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world.

Don Ross : Live : DVD

DVD

Don Ross captured live in concert at two performances in Ontario, Canada. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world). Performances include: It's Fun Being Lucky, Blue Bear, Loaded. Leather. Moonroof., Any Colour But Blue, Dracula and Friends Part One, Afraid to Dance, King Street Suite, Jesse Helms' Night in Havana, Manha da Carnaval, Tight Trite Night, Slow Burn, Wall of Glass, Catherine, & Sweet Sister

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Thin Air
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King Street Suite
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Midnight March

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Don Ross : Huron Street

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Huron Street (released in 2001), is comprised of 12 new performances of pieces already familiar to his fans in Canada. Since the tunes originally appeared on CDs that were only ever released in Canada, Don decided to make some of his favourite earlier pieces available to the wider audience he reaches through his association with Narada Records. All 12 performances are new, each taking a unique twist on the tunes: some of these have appeared before as ensemble pieces and are now captured solo. Two pieces that were originally recorded solo are now presented as duets with amazing upright bassist Jordan O'Connor. The reaction has been very positive, with Huron Street reaching the Top Ten on Billboard's New Age chart in the summer of 2001.

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Klimbim
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Michael, Michael, Michael
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So Little Time

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Don Ross : Passion Session

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Don's Passion Session CD, recorded in Berlin's Passionskirche, was released in March 1999 on Narada/Virgin Records. The recording brings Don back to his roots as a solo fingerstyle guitarist, as he produces his first totally solo album ever for Narada's Masters of Acoustic Guitar series. Don got the news of the offer of a new contract with Narada while on tour in Germany in November 1998. The planned release date for his first CD for the company was so soon that he decided to team up with his recording engineer friend Knut Becker right away and record the album straight to two-track digital through a Schoeps stereo microphone in the acoustically perfect confines of the Passionskirche (The Church of the Passion) in Berlin's funky Kreuzberg neighbourhood.

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Loaded, Leather, Moonroof
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Wave From Your Window
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Meanwhile Road (solo reprise)

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Don Ross : Loaded, Leather, Moonroof

Instrumental Acoustic

 Loaded. Leather. Moonroof., released in November, 1997. The album "...is a further exploration for a rich sense of harmony and groove," according to Don. The CD treats Don's listeners to a compilation of diverse sounds that reflects his influence by all types of music. On this album, Don passionately plays the six-string and seven-string guitars as well as the dobro. He is often accompanied by several other musicians whom all add their specialty.

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In The Bleak Midwinter
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Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
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Huron Carol

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Don Ross : Wintertide

Instrumental Acoustic

In the fall of 1996 Don released Wintertide, an instrumental album of traditional Christmas tunes played in his trademark style. Lynn Saxberg of the Ottawa Citizen called the CD a "masterpiece," and the public response was no less enthusiastic.

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Hoover the Musical Dog
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3 Hands
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Kehewin

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Don Ross : Three Hands

Instrumental Acoustic with some Vocals

 Originally realeased in 1992, Three Hands is mostly solo fingerstyle CD with a few songs with vocals and other various instruments. Track eight "Kehewin" means "Eagle" and the song does soar with a fiery groove. Other long time favorites such as "Big Buck" and "Three Hands" are on this CD.

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Lucy Watusi
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Wall of Glass
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August on the Island

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Don Ross : Don Ross

Solo Acoustic Guitar

 Released in 1990, Don's 2nd solo release, included original versions of some of his most popular songs. The song August on the Island is one of Don's most traditional fingerstyle pieces he has ever recorded. The CD met with unanimous critical acclaim and numerous tours across Canada and the U.S.

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Silversmith
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The Is-Ought Controversy
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Slow Burn

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Don Ross : Bearing Straight

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Bearing Straight released in 1989. Don Ross's debut release.

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The Sleeping Tune
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Jig of Slurs
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The Maids of Mitchelstown

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Men of Steel : Four Way Mirror

Acoustic Guitar

Four of the most dynamic and powerful guitar artists in the world, each a master of the acoustic guitar, combine their talents into one amazing ensemble. Men of Steel is Beppe Gambetta (Italy), Dan Crary (US), Tony McManus (Scotland), and Don Ross (Canada). Four Way Mirror is their second release.

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Rakish Paddy / Bunch of Keys / Green Fields of Glentown
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If the Walls Had Ears
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Road to Kullu / Donald Ross / Circle of Stone

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Don Ross : Harbord Trio : Circle of Stone

Acoustic Music

In addition to his solo Don Ross's solo career, he performed with the soprano Kelly McGowan (his wife, d 2001), first in 1986-7 as a duo and then, with the violinist Oliver Schroer added, as the Harbord Trio (In from the Cold from 1987 and Harbord Trio from 1990).

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