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November 6, 2020 Today’s playing was inspired by a couple lessons I had this week. The opening one came out of working on Gimme Shelter, which got me pondering how necessary it is to play ...

October 30, 2020 Just as I was sitting down to write out some thoughts and comments for today’s update, I was interrupted by a text from one of my oldest friends (actually the best man ...

October 23, 2020 This morning I was caught by a post in the Recommend A Lesson Forum that had a bunch of suggestions for lessons. Most of them were from bands I tend to keep ...

Hi Everyone, The weekly wrap-up is ready. October 16, 2020 Today’s musical introduction started with a bit of the intro to one of this week’s new lessons, which turned into a slight improv in the ...

October 9, 2020 Blues was the opening theme today, St. Louis Blues to be specific. I recently had a couple students working on this W.C. Handy classic, mostly as done by John Fahey on his ...

The Animals, Frijid Pink, The Box Tops, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and a few other bands/songs have been running through my head lately. I started today’s Update exploring Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood and ended ...

This week I spent some time resurrecting some forgotten tunes, starting with some Gershwin from my album Yesterday’s News – Our Love Is Here To Stay. I also played an arrangement of Can You Read ...

Somehow today’s update started with a blast from the way past, and others popped up unexpectedly in various spots. Keep an ear out for Judy Collins, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul & Mary, and even Tex ...