Denver – Self-taught guitarist and acclaimed "Acoustic Ninja" Trace Bundy comes to Swallow Hill on Friday, February 23 at 8 p.m. to wow the audience with his unique instrumental stylings. His complexity leaves one to wonder, should they close their eyes, if there really is only one guitar playing, for it sounds like there are more.

Growing up in Buena Vista, Colorado, at 11 years of age, Bundy and his brother, Greg, chipped in $5 each to buy their first acoustic guitar for $10 from a gentleman named Herbie. Not knowing quite how to start, they picked up a guitar magazine and learned a Metallica song. From there, he continued picking on his own, not being able to afford lessons, and practiced by playing Def Leppard hits and other various songs, like Johnny B. Goode and his own compositions. From these humble beginnings, Bundy has grown to be a most amazing performer of dazzling acoustic sounds, his fingers flying and putting audiences in an awe of amazement.

Bundy thoroughly impressed the Swallow Hill audience when he opened for Pat Donohue last year, selling the most merchandise of any opening artist at that show in addition to drawing a record-breaking crowd of enthusiastic fans to the stage at his Cafe concert. A Breedlove Guitar signature artist and a First Place winner in the Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Contest for “Guitars on the River” in Salida, he has performed with singer-songwriter Jonah Werner and members of the band Newcomer’s Home. In fact, Tim Thorton of Newcomer’s Home has said of Trace, “His maverick style and mind-erasing chops beat out some of Colorado's best classical players. His newest material is so gorgeously outside of the box; Trace extracts gasps and hurts egos everywhere he plays.” Don’t miss the chance to see this up-and-coming guitar maven as he storms the Daniel’s Hall stage at Swallow Hill Music Association.

For tickets visit www.swallowhillmusic.org or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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