Brian Henke at the Beck Cafe'

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 master acoustic guitarist Brian Henke appeared at an open-mic event at Lakewood's new Beck Center Cafe. Brian and I go way back to the days when he dragged around his guitar in an old sack, and played the guitar using his thumbnail for a pick! On his website, it tells that Brian was a winner of many acoustic and electric guitar awards, and that Brian's also been a finalist in the National Fingerstyle Contest in Winfield, Kansas. His successes also include being a finalist at the Guitarmageddon regional finals in Boston, as well as being in the New Age Reporters Top 10 for 2006.

Brian has created five solo CD's, including "Many Waters," "Love Song for Terra," "Force of Nature," "The Nature of Light," and "Tree of Life."

He will be performing in Lakewood again Wednesday, November 4, 730pm at the Beck Cafe and Sunday, November 8, 2pm at the Lakewood Public Library as part of the Sunday with Friends series. Brian's website is http://www.brianhenkeguitar.com/index.html