© 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.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
"Upright & Locked Position" is Don Ross's 14th solo recording. The tracks on "Upright & Locked Position" are more melodic than some of his most recent groove based compositions. For fans of Don's early recordings, this CD will come as a welcome surprise.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Breakfast for Dogs is Don Ross's first all-solo-guitar record in years (namely since Passion Session in 1999). "I decided just to record whatever the heck I felt like doing for this one, bit by bit over the course of several months in 2010. Hence the album title. I think of the CD as a bit of a "dog's breakfast," in that there's no particular theme that binds the tunes"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
DVD
This DVD, shot by Bernard Leroux, was made near the beginning of a tour in November 2006 at the beautiful Glenn Gould Studio in downtown Toronto. It was a pleasure to be on the road again with Michael Manring, and to be introducing Andy McKee to my audience. This performance was just a few days before Andy shot the fateful YouTube videos that went on to launch his now worldwide fame. It was a great night
Vocal / Band / Folk
A la Prince or Steve Winwood, Don plays ALL the instruments on his first all-vocal release, the one his fans have been egging him on to make. Acoustic, electric, passionate and funky, virtuosity meets great singing and songwriting.
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.
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.
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.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Released in 1990, Don's second 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.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Bearing Straight released in 1989. Don Ross's debut release.
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).
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Tight Trite Night
Thin Air
39 Weeks
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Berkley Springs
Elevation Music
Leger de Main
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Brooke's Waltz
Catherine
This Dragon Won't Sleep
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Michael, Michael, Michael
Klimbim
The Thing that came from Somewhere
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Three Hands
Blue Bear
Dracula anf Friends - Part 1
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Godzilla
It's Fun Being Lucky
Hoover the Musical Dog
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Loaded, Leather, Moonroof
Fader Jones
The Is-Ought Controversy
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Thin Air
With You in Mind
Yoyomama
This download comes with one song in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
No Goodbyes
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and three guitar (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Robot Monster
Jesse Helms' Night in Havana
Kehewin
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and three guitar (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Never Got to Pernambuco
Wave From Your Window
How to Eat an Avalanche
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and three guitar (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Rockbarra
My Previous Life
Another Island of Women
Transcribed by Frank Larouche. This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and three guitar (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
From France to India
Slow Burn
Zarzuela
This download comes with one song in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
Crazy
This download comes with one song in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Microsoft XPS formats for the following songs:
It's Fun Being Lucky
This download comes with one song in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar Pro formats for the following songs:
Upright & Locked Position