Earshot Two CD

Joe DeCara Sr. started playing guitar at the age of 4 years old. Having a good ear for picking out melodies he soon was learning some basic chord fingerings by observing his neighbor during their weekly band rehearsals. Over the next few years Joe augmented his repertoire of songs and the handful of chords that he knew. This took place from 1959 until 1963 when The Beatles came out and changed the music world. As far back as he can remember Joe played in bands; from grade school through high school. In the early to mid '70's Joe performed in night clubs, concerts and doing studio sessions as both a sideman and a leader. In 1973 he became interested in classical guitar and concentrated his efforts in learning compositions by Villa Lobos, Tarrega, Fernando Sor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Matteo Carcassi to name a few. Concurrent with studying classical guitar Joe had an admiration for Jazz and was soon woodshedding hours a day learning the repertoire of the jazz legends. In 1975 he met and jammed with legendary jazz guitarist Joe Pass and got together several times thereafter when Pass was playing in town. He went on to meet and play with other Jazz greats, Lenny Breau and Ted Greene in the years to follow. In 1979 Joe moved briefly to Los Angeles, California and met studio guitar giant Dennis Budimir. Dennis introduced Joe to the studio which was unlike anything he's ever experienced. The brilliant scores written by master composers and performed by the finest musicians in the world, set to a scene in a movie or for television was something that would forge Joe's writing style and playing in the future. Only spending several months in Los Angeles, Joe moved back to Baltimore, Maryland when his father fell ill and died. Playing as a freelance guitarist ...