Finger-style guitarist Rick Cyge will be featured in his ongoing weekly dinner performance from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Golden Goose American Grill this Sunday, Oct. 28, Tuesday, Oct. 30, and Thursday, Nov. 1.

The Golden Goose is located at 2545 W. SR 89A in Sedona; call 282-1447 to request seating near the music. The events display Cyge’s masterful finger-style guitar playing and layered arrangements of music from greats like The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Sting, Norah Jones, James Taylor, The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Eagles. Hear sound clips and see details about these events and more on the performance calendar by visiting Cyge’s personal website. Cyge, a versatile composer and arranger, has turned his love of Baby Boomer-era music into a vast repertoire of finger-style guitar arrangements. “My approach is to identify the key elements of the song, the melody, harmonic structure and rhythmic style and weave these elements into a solo guitar piece that marries those elements into a single cohesive guitar interpretation. With some of the very complex pieces, such as The Beach Boys’ ‘California Girls’ where so much is happening, I incorporate the use of a phrase sampler to layer some of the elements to get them all together – too much to pack into a single guitar part,” Cyge said. “I also create rhythm sections for some pieces by assembling bass, drum, and percussion parts to embellish the arrangements and record these using keyboards in the studio. I use these mixes to accompany my live performance of those pieces, i.e., Steely Dan’s ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.’ In the end, it is always about the solo guitar arrangement of the song.” Presenting the spirit of the original pieces in fresh, new interpretations, Cyge’s exciting offering also includes some folk, pop, blues and a little Motown for fun. Original pieces composed by Cyge, including “Blue Sedona” and a nearly endless selection of Beatles tunes round out the musical menu. Cyge’s newest CD release, “Rick Picks The Beatles” as well as his previous “GUITARtistry: The Fingerstyle Guitar Music of Rick Cyge,” and “GUITARtistry 2” will be available for purchase during the performances.