February 24, 2023 This week I got caught up revisiting some early Fleetwood Mac stuff, particularly the 1971-74 line up featuring Bob Welch, but the first incarnation with Peter Green as well. I have always ...
February 17, 2023 Three new lessons this week, starting off with the long-promised Death Don’t Have No Mercy as done by Jorma Kaukonen on the first Hot Tuna album, followed by Linda Ronstadt’s first hit ...
January 27, 2023 This week continued with Dan Hicks songs and associated songs. I used to perform Moody Richard (The Innocent Bystander) with my friend Rich Olson many years ago. This week it made the ...
January 20, 2023 We keep losing musical greats as the creative artists of the 70s get into their 80s. Recently it was Jeff Beck, and just a day or two ago David Crosby. So I ...
January 13, 2023 This week I spent a little time with Muriel Anderson and we did a live show from TG Central as part of her ongoing series Monday Live. You can catch the replay ...
January 6, 2023 Starting the year off, I had some suggestions for students at recent lessons that inspired the beginning of this week’s Update. Generally, play the hardest parts of songs a lot more times ...
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 ...
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 ...
September 30, 2022 We have been listening to a lot of jazz around here recently, partly inspired by a new album from a friend of mine, Jim Witzel, with more on him in the update. ...