August 2, 2024

This week Nesh brought a new artist into the TG Library: Danny Vera and his song Roller Coaster. Danny is well known in The Netherlands, where Nesh grew up and still lives, but might be not as well recognized in the U.S. The tune fits nicely into my main topic of discussion in this week’s Update.

Last week I started giving you some of my heavily suggested lessons for students of various levels and different areas of interest. This week I expanded on that, with particular attention to fingerpicking songs and techniques. Before that though, I quickly went through some of my favorite John Fogerty and CCR songs that I like to have students work on.

Here are some of my top arpeggio songs:

House Of The Rising Sun
Hallelujah
Time In A Bottle (the TG Campfire Version)
Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
Romanza

And the alternate bass songs:

Landslide
Blackbird
Brain Damage
Just Breathe
Dust In The Wind
Dear Prudence
Julia
Helplessly Hoping
The Boxer
Duncan

I wrapped things up with a sneak preview of my latest project, coincidentally a solo version of one of the listed tunes.

Stay Tuned & In Touch,

Neil