Channeling Sweet Baby James at the top of the update, partially inspired by the Josh Turner thread on the Forum this week, led into a short talk about 12-bar blues, along the lines of Steamroller ...
Today I had some eclectic tunes run through my head, and then attempted to run through them with quite a range of results. I seem to remember The Last Steam Engine Train, Tickle Me, Paprika, ...
A little flat picking to lead off today’s update, including some songs with the capo way up the neck as inspired by this week’s Fly On The Wall video where Bill was working on John ...
This week the sun has finally come back to Northern California but I am sorry for those in the MidWest with the big storms that have been rolling through. As we get into St. Patrick’s ...
This update had quite a bit of playing in it, and not too much information. I need to brush up on a couple pieces for a service I am doing tomorrow and ran through quick ...
After a weekend of traveling, (through some countryside that is flooding badly at the moment – The Russian River in Sonoma County) we are back at TG Central and grinding away with students and arrangements. ...
Today I spent most of the video running through bits and pieces of things I may play on the radio this afternoon, starting with an old standby, The Last Steam Engine Train. That is an ...
Highs, lows, ups and downs here at TG Central this week. Monday started with a trip to Santa Cruz (just 30 minutes over a rainy mountain) to pick up my old friend, the Santa Cruz ...
This week I had one of those slap me in the head, wake up idiot moments, which I get to near the end of today’s update. It had to do with good practice techniques and ...
This week’s episode started with a short Merle Travis style improv, borrowing from one of his most famous tunes for a couple reasons, the main being that Muriel Anderson did a workshop for us recently ...