January 14, 2022 I had a lot of fun with this week’s new lessons. Song For Juli is one that has intrigued me for almost 50 years since I first got Jesse Colin Young’s album ...
January 7, 2022 I have still have Get Back, the Beatles recent documentary playing in the background around here, although I think it has just about run its course. It inspired most of our recent ...
At the request of a student I thought I’d look into putting together an instrumental arrangement of John Lennon’s tune Dear Prudence, which was released on their 1968 album The Beatles (aka The White Album). ...
December 17, 2021 Bits and pieces of Father Christmas, White Christmas, The Long And Winding Road, and even Wish You Were Here (Swedish pop from the 1990s, courtesy of Blackmore’s Night) were the musical parts ...
December 10, 2021 Today I started with a bit of Art Of Dying and played a bit of Penny Lane along the way. I am still pretty wrapped up in the Beatles Get Back documentary ...
December 3, 2021 I recently watched the Get Back documentary by Peter Jackson on the January, 1969 sessions The Beatles did working on the album that became ‘Let It Be’, which turned out to be ...
November 19, 2021 I am still working on lessons from Abbey Road. This week it was She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, which I attempted to play instrumentally at the top of today’s News. ...
November 12, 2021 Today is Neil Young’s birthday, he is now 76 and still making relevant music. I have really been enjoying revisiting his mid-1970s albums, which are included on Archives Volume II, another 10-CD ...
November 6, 2021 Running a day late here due to some unexpected family stuff but I did manage to sit down for a few minutes Saturday and ramble through some thoughts. I hadn’t touched the ...
October 29, 2021 A whole bunch of things interrupted my guitar playing this week, an atmospheric river ripping through Northern California, and power outages to name a few, leading to a lot of outdoor clean ...