on lead, accompanied by Seeger and Sonny Terry on harmonica. Career In 1952, Silverman was the first non-classical student to graduate from CCNY with a B.S. of Music. He then entered the graduate studies of Musicology program at New York University, also the first folk musician to enter into this program. After writing his Masters Thesis on "the blues guitar”, Macmillan published his first book “Folk Blues” in 1958. ‘’Folkways Records’’ asked Silverman to expand the 16-page instructional brochure that had been inserted into the jacket of Seeger’s ‘’Folkways’’ LP. The book, entitled “The Folksinger’s Guitar Guide” was published in 1962. It was the first guitar instruction book for folksinging guitarists and sold well over 300,000 copies. That publication led Silverman in the direction of writing a long series of other method books and folksong anthologies. He has had over 200 books published since, with the last being New York Sings! in March 2009. Personal life He currently lives in Westchester, New York. In 1967, he married Tatiana Cherniacoski and they have three children: David (b. 1969), Mikael (b. 1978) and Antoine Silverman (b. 1972). Partial bibliography Of Thee I Sing The Baseball Songbook The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust The Guitarists’ Guide and Almanac A Guitarist's Treasury of Song Ballads and Songs of the Civil War Songs of Ireland Songs of England Songs of Scotland Recorder Music for Children Folksongs For Schools And Camps Kidsongs Kidfiddle Campfire Songbook Songs Of Mexico Backpacker's Songbook Guitar Tabsongs: Blues Guitar Tabsongs: Bluegrass Guitar Tabsongs: Beloved Ballads Blues for Guitar Blues Harmonica Children's Songs for Guitar Folk Harmonica Fingerstyle Contemporary Movie Songs Fingerstyle Broadway Ballads Fingerstyle TV Tunes for Guitar Best of Broadway for Guitar Gershwin for Guitar Ellington for Guitar Swinging Jazz for Guitar Jazz Classics for Guitar Great Standards For Guitar Pop Classics for Guitar The Ultimate Guitar Folk Song Collection Three Chords for Christmas Guitar Solo Guitar Jazz Standards Solo Guitar Great Standards Folk Blues (In German edition. Text in German; songs in English.) The Folk Song Encyclopedia (2 vols. -over 1000 songs) The Folksinger's Guitar Guide (3 vols.) The Yiddish Song Book The Immigrant Song Book The American History Song Book Ballads And Songs Of World War I Songs That Made History Around The World Songs And Stories From The American Revolution Songs Of The Western Frontier Train Songs Mexican Songs Songs Of France Songs Of