{"id":684,"date":"2011-12-16T22:35:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=684"},"modified":"2011-12-16T22:35:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:35:14","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-wrap-up-december-16th-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-wrap-up-december-16th-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Wrap Up December 16th, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Wrap Up 12\/16\/2011\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I87esBYeAjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>December 16, 2011<\/p>\n<p>This week we had to bring out a few new Christmas tunes- a couple of<br \/>\ninstrumentals and a bluesy sing along. We started the week with a<br \/>\nragtime arrangement of Gene Autry&#8217;s Here Comes Santa Claus, followed<br \/>\nthat with a reverent take on The Little Drummer Boy (done in Dropped D<br \/>\ntuning), and ended the week with the contemporary classic Please Be<br \/>\nHome for Christmas, mostly along the lines of the Eagles version.<\/p>\n<p>We tried to balance the heavy holiday leanings with a look at I Need<br \/>\nYou by America and a couple of Fly On The Wall videos visiting Don<br \/>\nMcLean&#8217;s Castles In The Air and singing tips with respect to Bob<br \/>\nDylan&#8217;s Dream and The Boxer.<\/p>\n<p>I also had a little time to sit down with the guitar and explore some<br \/>\nmelodic and harmonic ideas. We put out a couple of these as Acoustic<br \/>\nGuitar Abstracts (#4 and #5). Looking back, it was about this time<br \/>\nlast year that I started this soon-to-be tradition. Maybe the holiday<br \/>\nseason gives me a chance to play the guitar more.<\/p>\n<p>We also had another trip into the past with Jack van Breen showing us<br \/>\na 1930s Gibson lap steel guitar- definitely a blast from the past for<br \/>\nthe vintage collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Next week we have a very cool announcement coming so check in early in<br \/>\nthe week.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Tuned &#038; In Touch,<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, 2011<\/p>\n<p>This week we had to bring out a few new Christmas tunes- a couple of<br \/>\ninstrumentals and a bluesy sing along. 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