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Welcome back for another fantastic monthly finger-style lesson. We are back to some British folk revival repertoire with "Chambertin." I admit, I was mostly unaware of this solo up u...
2023-04-01 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
It is a pleasure to see several of you back for another month of fantastic early finger-style repertoire. As many of you know, John Fahey's birthday was yesterday and I like to make ...
2023-03-01 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
Happy February. I'm incredibly excited to share this lesson with you. I would say this is the most I've looked forward to a post in recent memory, but I feel like I could say that wi...
2023-02-01 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I've been having a blast practicing for next month's post, I can barely keep the guitar out of my hands. I've been trying to produce better quality results with the new camera and th...
2023-01-16 20:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is an emotional post for me. This month has been an especially difficult one, highlighted by the passing of my friend Tony Klassen of New Era Guitars. I suspect many of you may ...
2023-01-01 14:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back friends:
Let's go back to the British Isles this month and look at a fantastic pair of arrangements by John Renbourn.
The Lament is a 19th century Irish ballad and "T...
2022-12-01 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm excited to share this month's lesson and transcription with you. "Blue Dot" is yet another early favorite of mine, and a very interesting piece because he only appears to have pl...
2022-11-01 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi all. I’ve lately been getting a lot of requests for a lesson on Leo Kottke’s “Blue Dot.” I started the month working on John Renbourn’s “Mist Covered Mountains of Home/The Orphan” ...
2022-10-10 13:34:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Oct. 1 everyone. It has been a very busy month trying to get everything ready for this Blind Blake solo. In "Seaboard Stomp" Blake talks about the Seaboard train (probably referring to the
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This month we'll be discussing my transcription of Skip James' iconic 1931 recording of "Devil Got My Woman."
"Devil Got My Woman" has long been a favorite of mine among the ca...
2022-09-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm excited to be back with the usual monthly post. This month started as a toss up between Skip James and Davy Graham, then morphed into "Beverly." I could sense some disappointment...
2022-08-01 13:01:07 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I have a surprise mid-month lesson to offer you this month. "Sofa No. 1" has long been my favorite "flatpick" tune of Michael's, and my recording has generated many requests for a go...
2022-07-15 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I'm glad to be back with another monthly post. Thank you for participating in the vote that decided this month's lesson.
Fahey's "Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt" was origina...
2022-07-01 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Thank you for participating in the first round of voting. "Beverly" received 25% of the vote, "Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt" received 21.7%, and "On the Sunny Side of the Ocean" rec...
2022-06-09 12:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostAll:
I'm itching to do a Fahey 6-string instrumental for July 1st and I'd like you to vote on what we do. There is a list of several Fahey songs that all have numerous requests, so I'd like t...
2022-06-06 18:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello all:
It's good to be back for another monthly lesson. This month lets have a look at a blazing mid 70s Kottke 12-string instrumental. This piece is partially a take on the Mahavishnu Or...
2022-06-01 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostAll:
I'm so happy to see all of you back again for another monthly lesson. For May, we have a beautiful transcription of "Red and White" from Takoma's 1974 issue of Kottke/Fahey/Lang...
2022-05-01 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
As some of you know I've been working with a new publisher, the last time we spoke I mentioned that I was really interested in Blind Blake's work and felt like I had finally f...
2022-04-15 21:33:57 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back friends. Happy April 1st, I'm so glad to see so many of you back again, thank you.
Several people suggested this tune earlier in the month and it was a wonderful choice, so here ...
2022-04-01 13:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
The last time I made one of these threads it was quite active and I got many good recommendations. Now is the time to lobby for pieces you'd like to see here. When I'm looking for new...
2022-03-04 00:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I'm excited to present another Peter Lang lesson this month. As some of you may know, it has been exactly 2 years since the last Peter Lang lesson on "Turnpike Terror."
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2022-03-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello all, happy February. I'm pleased to see so many of you back again. This month we're looking at another Blind Blake tune. This one has been covered by many artists in the past, but in my opini...
2022-02-01 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year with a big throwback post to one of my first YouTube videos. This is the tune that essentially launched my personal channel and has been the most requested piece I've done over the l...
2022-01-01 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends:
Sorry it has taken me about a week longer than anticipated to announce this giveaway. We have rounded the corner on my two year anniversary here and I wanted to start doing thi...
2021-12-11 19:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back all:
Santa came early this month with a two-for-one John Fahey post.
Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
I mention in the YouTube lesson that Fahey had a tendency...
Welcome back friends,
This month we are back to another Gary Davis solo, and it is probably the simplest one of the three we've done now. Don't let its harmonic simplicity fool you thou...
2021-11-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, and welcome back.
This month we're focusing Leo Kottke's "Busted Bicycle" as he played it on the record My Feet Are Smiling.
This solo was the piece that got me ...
2021-10-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHappy September friends. This month lets dive into some Lead Belly.
This take is transcribed from Lead Belly's Last Sessions, 1948, roughly a year before his passing. It is an incred...
2021-09-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back friends. This month we are looking at another Fahey tune, an early one from The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites. "Variations on the Coocoo" borrows the main me...
2021-08-01 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis month we are having a close look at Bert Jansch's arrangement of "Angie." Why would I do a piece that has been covered hundreds of times over, a piece nearly every fingerstyle player has had a...
2021-07-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post