{"id":4827,"date":"2025-05-30T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2025-05-30T23:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:00:28","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-may-30-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-may-30-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update May 30, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update May 30, 2025\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHxhlrHkBLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMay 30, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Continuing with my Dropped D adventures, I went through some of what was mentioned last week (<a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/1334-ladye-nothinges-toye-puffe-john-renbourn-guitar-lesson\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ladye Nothinge<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/1350-embryonic-journey-fingerpicking-solo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Embryonic Journey<\/a>) and added some <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons?page=1&#038;artists=206\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Denver<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons?page=1&#038;artists=207\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Fahey<\/a> to the mix. The lesson that triggered this was, of course Bert Jansch&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3003-black-waterside\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Waterside<\/a>, which is now finished and added to the TG Library.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to reconnect with <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons?page=1&#038;artists=9\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al Stewart<\/a> a couple days ago and that refreshed some stories that are related in the lesson but also included here. The main thread had to do with Jimmy Page, who was on the session for Al&#8217;s first single, The Elf.<\/p>\n<p>I am traveling late next week so may not be doing our Friday Updates for a couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Practice consistently in the meantime,<\/p>\n<p>Neil<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Stewart - The Elf.mov\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mcIzYO6f2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 30, 2025 Continuing with my Dropped D adventures, I went through some of what was mentioned last week (Ladye Nothinge, and Embryonic Journey) and added some John Denver and John Fahey to the mix. 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