March 17, 2023 This morning I was listening to an album that was a huge influence on me as a teenager – After The Ball by John Fahey. This led to me opening today’s Update ...
March 10, 2023 Here we are in the second week of March and I have been enjoying revisiting some old lessons that never got finished. Today I started with a bit of a Dave Van ...
March 3, 2023 Last week’s revisiting of Fleetwood Mac’s Bob Welch period (1971-74) got me to finish a new lesson on Sentimental Lady from Bare Trees. The lesson is quite different from the way I ...
February 10, 2023 Lately I have been obsessed with a couple tunes that are on their way to becoming lessons. Both of which will not come as surprises to those of you who regularly tune ...
February 3, 2023 I spent a lot of time playing this week, probably too much as things started to hurt a little. One of my obsessions was revisiting songs from a John Renbourn book I ...
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 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 ...