{"id":4842,"date":"2025-07-19T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:44:38","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-july-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-july-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update July 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update July 18, 2025\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v3nG9BTFvWk?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 \/>\nJuly 18, 2025,<\/p>\n<p>My interest, obsession and admiration for Elton John tunes continued this week with three new lessons from his catalog &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3010-tiny-dancer\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiny Dancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3011-crocodile-rock\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crocodile Rock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3012-im-still-standing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m Still Standing<\/a>. 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All levels are welcome, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 18, 2025, My interest, obsession and admiration for Elton John tunes continued this week with three new lessons from his catalog &#8211; Tiny Dancer, Crocodile Rock and I&#8217;m Still Standing. 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