February 3, 2023 I spent a lot of time playing this week, probably too much as things started to hurt a little. One of my obsessions was revisiting songs from a John Renbourn book I ...
January 27, 2023 This week continued with Dan Hicks songs and associated songs. I used to perform Moody Richard (The Innocent Bystander) with my friend Rich Olson many years ago. This week it made the ...
January 20, 2023 We keep losing musical greats as the creative artists of the 70s get into their 80s. Recently it was Jeff Beck, and just a day or two ago David Crosby. So I ...
January 13, 2023 This week I spent a little time with Muriel Anderson and we did a live show from TG Central as part of her ongoing series Monday Live. You can catch the replay ...
January 6, 2023 Starting the year off, I had some suggestions for students at recent lessons that inspired the beginning of this week’s Update. Generally, play the hardest parts of songs a lot more times ...
December 31, 2022 So it is New Year’s Eve and dark and storming here in Northern California (please excuse the mood lighting). This week I started revisiting some of Dan Hicks catchy swing tunes, which ...
December 22, 2022 Coming to you a day earlier than usual this week as Christmas Eve Eve may get a little hectic. Today’s musical excerpts ran the gamut of Holiday Favorites, too many to itemize ...
December 16, 2022 Not a lot of News this week but quite a bit of improvising with Seasonal Favorites. I started with some ramblings on a tune I worked on in a friend’s studio yesterday ...
December 9, 2022 This week I finally completed a lesson that was years behind schedule – Death Don’t Have No Mercy as originally done by Rev. Gary Davis. It will now open the door to ...