About Phil Heywood
Born 1954. Phil Heywood is an American songwriter and guitarist.
Phil Heywood is an American fingerstyle acoustic guitar player, singer and composer.
Biography Raised in Iowa, Heywood has been based in the Minneapolis area since the mid-1980s.
Heywood has performed as an opening act for Leo Kottke, Norman Blake, Chris Smither and Greg Brown and has performed with Chet Atkins, Tim Sparks, Pat Donohue, and Peter Lang.
He has also performed on such national venues as A Prairie Home Companion and won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, in 1986.
Discography 1990: Some Summer Day 1996: Local Joe 1997: Ye Olde Wooden Guitar Christmas (compilation with Pat Donohue and Dan Neale) 2001: Circle Tour 2003: Banks of the River 2008: You Got to Move 2014: Rollin' On
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Who is Phil Heywood?
American musician
When was Phil Heywood born?
Phil Heywood was born on 31 October 1954.
What is Phil Heywood's occupation?
Phil Heywood is a songwriter and guitarist.
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Phil Heywood is American.
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