DOWNS THOMPSON
Clay Walker Band

Guitarist, violinist, mandolinist and composer Downs Thompson has been teaching recording and performing in Europe and the US for over 25 years. He has performed with guitar heroes Albert Lee, Brent Mason and Larry Coryell and toured the past 13 years with Curb recording artist Clay Walker as well as platinum selling artist David Ball. Since 2003 he has also been a teacher at Rancho Canyon Music in Orange County California.

"As a fiddle player I'm a real stickler for set-up and intonation as well as rich tone. When I played the Sunrise cedar-top dreadnought I and the other guitar instructors at the school were really impressed with the overall quality of the guitar. It was exactly what I was looking for as it handled James Taylor style finger-style, bluegrass flat-picking as well as everything else from Zeppelin and Bach to samba. Several of my students have bought them on my recommendation. What better endorsement from me could they ask for than to know that the Sierra Auditorium cedar top is the guitar I use on stage."