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 ...
November 25, 2022 This holiday week was completely different than any other year in Hogan family history. Details are in the Update, along with some improvs on Christmas tunes. Most of this was inspired by ...
November 18, 2022 Rev. Gary Davis, Hot Tuna, and even Peter, Paul & Mary crept into today’s Update, mostly with respect to upcoming plans. Some of this is part of a request from last week ...
November 11, 2022 A suggestion came up recently that I should do a complete lesson on Death Don’t Have No Mercy by Rev. Gary Davis. This seemed like a great idea, especially considering I was ...
November 4, 2022 Beatles arrangements started today’s Update. I got a request from a student to put up an arrangement of In My Life that was not as difficult as one I did a few ...
October 28, 2022 Melody, melody, melody… this is what was my focus this week. It even got a bit out of control and prevented me from finishing a lesson that was on the schedule (not ...