Category: TG News

July 9, 2021 I opened today in the usual style, some noodling on the recent lessons. The week started with Bad Weather by Poco and ended with At The Zoo by Simon and Garfunkel. In ...

July 2, 2021 Today started with a stab at a tune I am working on for a lesson soon, then a rundown of recent lessons, including Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt and The Beatles’ ...

June 25, 2021 This week we opened our song library to Poco, a band I have followed since I picked up their album ‘A Good Feelin’ To Know.’ One of my students had been assigned ...

June 18, 2021 Birthday breakfast at Lou’s here in Los Gatos for my daughter Rebecca, Dr. Hogan now. Today’s video started with wishes for a few others as well, including Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow and ...

June 11, 2021 The usual random improv to start and end and the News in between consisted of a recent Student Review of Today, as done by John Denver in a few live performances, thoughts ...

June 4, 2021 This week a few things happened that sent me back to my formative years as a guitar player. It started with Student Upload For Review where SFlier played through an instrumental arrangement ...

May 28, 2021 A little Steve Howe to start today, and more to end a few minutes later. In between there were a couple stabs at teenage camp songs (Today and Someday Soon). And the ...

May 21, 2021 Well, after a hectic but really enjoyable couple weeks things are getting back to normal here at TG Central. Between a rotating cast of visiting relatives, a quick guitar-related trip to Phoenix, ...

May 7, 2021 I have been spending some time lately resurrecting a long list of old tunes, as mentioned recently, with mostly good results. Sometimes I just neglect playing much, or particularly getting stuff concert ...

April 30, 2021 A few days ago, I started a catch-up project, going over a list of tunes I should be able to play, or at least have in a state of nearly playable without ...