Press Kit
Short Bio (50 Words)
Casey Ray Shaw is a guitar teacher and author based in Livingston, Louisiana. He has played guitar for 49 years, 40 of those on electric, and currently plays lead with the Christ Community Church Praise and Worship Team in Denham Springs. His first book teaches beginners the Nashville Number System.
Medium Bio (100 Words)
Casey Ray Shaw is the author of Thadeus Beginning Electric Lead Guitar Featuring the Nashville Numbering System. Originally from Hagerman, New Mexico, he has lived in Livingston, Louisiana for 30 years. He started playing guitar at 15 and has logged 40 years on electric guitar across country and rock. He has played in three bands, including Wild Ride in Denver City, Texas, and currently plays lead guitar with his band in Denham Springs, Louisiana. He wrote his first book to teach his grandson Thadeus and to share the Nashville Numbering System with new players.
Long Bio
Casey Ray Shaw is a guitar teacher and author based in Livingston, Louisiana. He has been playing guitar for 49 years, 40 of those on electric. He wrote Thadeus Beginning Electric Lead Guitar Featuring the Nashville Numbering System to teach his oldest grandson, Thadeus, and to give other beginners a faster path into lead guitar than the one Casey took himself.
Casey was born and raised in Hagerman, New Mexico. He learned to read music at 11 on the piano, played for two years, and decided he did not like it. At 15 his mom bought him an acoustic guitar. He bought a chord book and taught himself.
At 24, Casey switched to electric guitar. Three years later he formed his first band, Wild Ride, in Denver City, Texas, playing country and rock at local dances and once a month at the Higginbotham Jamboree. About eight years ago, the band leader at his church wanted the group to start using the Nashville Numbering System. Casey researched it on his own and taught himself how to apply it on the guitar.
He has played in three bands across his career. Wild Ride, the Tuesday Night Live Youth Band at Judson Baptist Church in Walker, Louisiana, and his current band at Christ Community Church in Denham Springs, where he has played lead for the last 15 years.
Book at a Glance
TITLE:
Thadeus’ Beginning Electric Lead Guitar Featuring the Nashville Number System
AUTHOR:
Casey Ray Shaw
PAGES:
128 Pages
PUBLICATION DATE:
March 11, 2026
PAPERBACK AND KNDLE eBOOK ISBN-13:
979-8895701157
PUBLISHER:
Independently published through Kindle Direct Publishing, setup by Elite Book Publishers
Sample Interview Questions
- Why did you choose to teach a 7-year-old grandson with the Nashville Number System instead of traditional chord-based lessons?
- What is the Nashville Number System and why is it used by so many session players and worship bands?
- What did you wish existed when you were learning guitar at 15?
- Why is the A major scale a better starting point than the open chords most beginner books start with?
- How long does it take a true beginner to play in five positions on the fretboard using your method?
- Who is Thadeus, and how much of the book came from your real lessons with him?
- What is the most common mistake new lead guitar players make?
Media Contact
Casey Ray Shaw Livingston, Louisiana