Steel Guitarist Ethan Shaw

About this event

All are welcome to attend a performance by steel guitar player Ethan Shaw and vocalist Sam Platts. "Brother" Ethan Shaw has performed on stages in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and almost every state in America. He has appeared on MTV, CMT, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and at Disney World, and has performed with Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakum, the Derailers, Marty Stewart, James Hand, the Mavericks, Floyd Domino, and countless other great musicians and bands. He is an in-demand session musician, and can be heard on over 50 albums, working with some of the best producers in the business. Brother Shaw can often be heard these days with the Sam Platts band and also their collaborative Western Swing outfit, the Windmill Hill Dance Band. He is a founding member of Chili Cold Blood, and is steel guitarist for Honky Tonk band The Hens. He can also be seen on steel guitar with Melissa Carper, Bob Appel, Georgia Parker, and many other Texas-based bands. Brother Shaw was named "Country Legend in the Making" by TSP Country Radio, was featured in the book Seduced by Sound, and was the subject of a feature article in Country Music People Magazine. Continuing the tradition of his teacher, the great Herb Remington, Ethan now teaches steel guitar to a growing number of students. In addition to in-person and virtual lessons, he has a YouTube channel with almost half-a-million views, Brother Shaw's Texas Swing Revival, featuring steel guitar and Western Swing lessons and performances. Brother Shaw hosts his show "Raising the Bar" on Steelradio, where he features great steel guitarists of the past and present. Through his performances, lessons, YouTube channel, and radio show, Brother Shaw is doing his best to do what Herb Remington directed him to do: "Keep the tradition alive!" Live music at the library is sponsored by the Lakeway Civic Corporation .