Category: TG News

March 19, 2021 Once again, I started the day with the lap steel, which I promise to re-retire again soon. But it has been fun to mess with. I opened with just some improvising, then ...

March 12, 2021 Today I started with the lap steel and played a bit of the new lesson on Sleep Walk, thinking I was ready to retire that guitar for a little while. And of ...

March 5, 2021 A new month and a little new optimism on the horizon. Today, feeling a somewhat upbeat, I tried to start with a little of Laleña, which didn’t quite translate into the mood ...

February 26, 2021 This week’s update had a lot of playing and less talking than usual. I have been pretty inspired by some of our recent lessons and Student Reviews. As a matter of fact, ...

February 19, 2021 I mentioned last week that The Carpenters’ song We’ve Only Just Begun woke me up early one morning and I had to get up and figure out the progression. I felt like ...

February 12, 2021 From John Fahey to Pat Metheny, as far as opening and closing tunes today, and a bit of Carpenters in between, would be my two-bit summary of today’s update. There was a ...

February 5, 2021 I am kind of liking starting these videos with some improvising. I hope it is not getting tiresome. After a little noodling today, I had some news on our next Hummingbird adventure, ...

January 29, 2021 I spent a bit of time this week revisiting a couple players who were big influences and inspirations to me almost 50 years ago, John Fahey and Jesse Colin Young. Scattered throughout ...

January 22, 2021 I spent some time this morning changing strings, something that is always overdue. This turned out to be a three-guitar project, which included one I rarely play because it had strings designed ...

January 15, 2021 Today’s update started with attempting a solo version of Rainbow Connection and ended with a short blues improv in E. In between there was a rundown of recent lessons, a little more ...