When the Catfish Is in Bloom
Welcome back friends. We are back with another month of John Fahey, the focus being "When the Catfish Is in Bloom" as it was recorded on The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick.
This...
2021-06-01 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Andrew Lardner posts
Master index of lessons thus far
Hello friends:
Here is a master index of everything that has been posted, I hope it makes the blog easier to navigate. The titles are links so you can just click on them to go right to the po...
2021-05-02 13:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Blackwaterside" and "Reynardine" by Bert Jansch
Welcome back friends. This month I'll be teaching you how to play two of my favorite arrangements by Bert Jansch, the traditional folk song "Blackwaterside," thought to be of Irish origin, and the ...
2021-05-01 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostRoom 8
Well, it's April fools day, but this post is no joke.
Welcome back everyone. This month let's have a look at Kottke's 71 recording of "Room 8."
Room 8 was the name of a cat who lived fr...
2021-04-01 12:15:52 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Martha
Welcome back friends. This month we're going back to an older YouTube recording I made of "Little Martha" that I transcribed from the Leo Live record. I corrected, revised, and typeset the...
2021-03-01 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostImproved lesson videos
Hey everybody. This month I invested into improving the quality of my lesson videos. There is now an additional camera better capturing the right hand position and improved audio all around. My les...
2021-03-01 13:47:20 +0000 UTC View PostBlind Arthur's Breakdown
Happy first of the month everybody. We're back with another Blind Blake solo, "Blind Arthur's Breakdown." I hope to engage in some lively discussion about this one. Most of the pertinent details ar...
2021-02-01 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow, 9am central
Hey everybody. Tomorrow we have another Blind Blake lesson coming. Youtube video, lesson video, and transcription to be posted at 9am central time. Hmmm, wonder what it will be.
2021-01-31 15:02:50 +0000 UTC View PostLiving in the Country
Happy New Year everybody. We have a most excellent 2-for-1 post this month. The attached transcriptions and lesson videos are based on Pete Seeger's 1965 recording from the first episode of Rai...
2021-01-01 15:11:00 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 1, "Twelve Sticks" by Rev. Gary Davis
Welcome back everyone. What a month it has been, or two months for that matter. I started "Twelve Sticks" back in September, not knowing the path I was starting down. I haven't gotten this wrapped ...
2020-12-01 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWest Coast Blues, instructional play-through
As a thank you all for your support, here is the play-through discussion video for West Coast Blues, my first post from September of 2019. Let me know if you have any questions. Have fun!
General questions. Monthly discussion.
Good morning everyone. I want to start a thread for general questions. One of the liveliest discussions we had was our thread a few months back asking you to suggest songs for upcoming posts. Many ...
2020-11-15 14:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostRed Pony
For November 1st we're discussing John Fahey's 1969 recording of "Red Pony" from the Laura Weber television show. This is a classic Fahey tune in open D minor tuning.
My performance on ...
2020-11-01 17:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostNotational Symbols
Hi everyone. I'm currently working on the transcription for Nov. 1 and remembered one of our friends here asked about notational symbols. I'm attaching a copy of the symbol glossary from my book
Doc's Guitar 1970
Hi all,
I hope you enjoyed the first iteration of Doc' Guitar. As I mentioned, I couldn't decide which version to transcribe as each was unique and posed different questions about what was in...
2020-10-04 14:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostDoc's Guitar
This month we are looking at Doc's Guitar. Areas to consider when tackling this one, he uses only thumb and index finger in the right hand, and he's playing just over 280bpm! My video is faithful t...
2020-10-01 13:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostLivestream?
Hello friends,
Over the last couple months I've enjoyed doing the play through videos and have been thinking about how I can make them more engaging and interactive. Would anybody rather I do...
2020-09-24 14:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhat to do next?
Happy Sunday Patrons. I hope everyone is enjoying the sheet music and tutorial video for "She Moved Through the Fair." I'm having a hard time coming up with a sharp idea for the October 1st p...
2020-09-06 23:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostShe Moved Through the Fair instruction video
Here is the link for the instructional play-through:
If there are additional questions ...
2020-09-02 20:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostShe Moved Through the Fair
Good morning Patrons! This post is a big one for me. I think of Davy Graham as possibly the most important figure in the British folk revival, so it is an honor to represent him with such an exciti...
2020-09-01 16:31:21 +0000 UTC View PostJudy, by John Renbourn
Judy is the first track on Renbourn's first LP, John Renbourn on Transatlantic Records, released in 1965. I had originally considered a post on "Angie," as recorded by Bert Jansch, but it ...
2020-08-01 20:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostMichael Hedges, "If I Needed Someone"
When I first started playing the guitar seriously, about 20 years ago, I only wanted to learn how to sound like Leo Kottke. About 5 years later I discovered the book Rhythm, Sonority, Silence, whic...
2020-07-01 13:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostImpressions of Susan play-through video
Good morning everyone. Here's the play through of Impressions of Susan. It's broken into two parts both about 20 minutes. Part 1 covers mm 1-89. Part 2 is mm 90 through the end. My left hand became...
2020-06-14 14:43:58 +0000 UTC View PostImpressions of Susan
Hey everybody! This month we are doing a throwback to a previously recorded John Fahey solo. I plan on doing a play-through video in the coming weeks to talk about some of the subtlety and nuance p...
2020-06-01 12:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostShuffle Rag play-through
Good morning everyone. In the last post I mentioned I would experiment with a talking play through of "Shuffle Rag." I'll be interested in seeing if this is helpful to anyone. Please leave addition...
2020-05-08 13:56:44 +0000 UTC View Post"Shuffle Rag"
Hello all, welcome to the May 1st post!
I wanted to focus on Big Bill Broonzy this month, and specifically on an instrumental solo he recorded on May 7, 1957, a little over one year before hi...
2020-05-01 15:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostUpcoming posts
Hey everybody! Welcome to the many Patrons who have joined us this month. For May 1st I'm going to release a recording of a very hot Big Bill Broonzy solo, I think you all are going to love it. I w...
2020-04-22 12:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostI'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord
We're back to John Fahey this month with the 1967 recording of "I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord." When the Blind Joe Death record was issued for the third time in 1967, nearly every rerecorded t...
2020-04-01 15:28:51 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, and welcome to all the new members!
Hello all! We are in the midst of uncertain and I'm sure for many of you, stressful times. I wanted to thank all of you for keeping the group together, and for continuing to support this project. I...
2020-03-26 18:14:11 +0000 UTC View PostTurnpike Terror
Peter Lang recorded "Turnpike Terror" on his debut album released on Takoma records in 1973. My transcription corresponds to that recording. I had an old, handwritten, partial manuscript of this la...
2020-03-01 22:20:12 +0000 UTC View Post