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. ...
August 19, 2022 Lately I have been playing and practicing a lot of pieces I might call ‘war horses’, basically instrumentals I consider advanced and complex. There are some reasons and excuses offered up in ...
July 29, 2022 I looked at the calendar this morning and was surprised that it said ‘Friday, July 29’, mainly because of all the commotion around here the last couple days. With all the action ...
May 27, 2022 Last week a song came up in a message from a student. Dan was having a little trouble with Lindsey Buckingham’s Big Love (surprise, surprise!). It is a song I had considered ...
Our friends in Europe, Corina van Teeffelen and Chris Hadden were inspired to work on singing White Bird after seeing my solo version. I hope you enjoy it.
May 6, 2022 As I was heading to the studio to shoot the News a little jazz was playing around the house, coincidentally a tune I recorded back in the early 1990s. I had to ...
March 25, 2022 This week a few old favorites crossed my radar and made their way into attempted play throughs. There were a couple tunes by The Band (and I am open to suggestions as ...