Today's new lesson is one I have been promising for a couple weeks. I hope you enjoy taking up the Lap Steel challenge of Steamboat Gwine 'Round De Bend . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub7shiKPbAU&feature=youtu.be John Fahey played a few of his songs on the Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar, a Kona Style ...

Hey Gang, Bob McAlpine has put together an arrangement of of this classic steel guitar instrumental by the young Farina brothers from New York. Take a look here at Sleep Walk. https://youtu.be/mPk9BslQQ28 Sleep Walk was a 1959 instrumental hit song by Santo & Johnny that featured a melody played on ...

Hey Steve, and all interested parties, Your upload of Let It Be Me sent me down a rabbit hole working on a solo arrangement, which I may turn into a whole lesson soon. In the meantime, a Review is up with some thoughts now. Hit the Student Reviews link on the Lessons page, or check it here- Let It B...

Hey Gang, The News is live now- https://youtu.be/1mBm4Sr7JlM February 19, 2021 I mentioned last week that The Carpenters song We’ve Only Just Begun woke me up early one morning and I had to get up and figure out the progression. I felt like I had been dreaming about the progression. Today I started ...

Vanessa's latest Everly Brothers lesson is up now - Devoted To You https://youtu.be/hluNHvsbcLs Devoted To You is a song by country music and pop songwriting team and couple Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who have written many songs for numerous artists. The best-known recording was by The Everly Brot...

Hi Everybody, As I hinted at last week, this lesson on We've Only Just Begun got bumped up in my project queue. https://youtu.be/J2jeHyeVPa4 We've Only Just Begun was written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams, starting as a jingle for a California bank, which did not attract desirable customers, bu...

Hey Gang, New lesson from Max on Vasoline by The Stone Temple Pilots is live. https://youtu.be/gHiLyWR5bYY This Stone Temple Pilots tune is fairly simple, yet very catchy and rhythmic. The single note riffs are fairly easy to learn, however they will test your sense of rhythm and timing. There are a...

Hey Steve, Sorry this has taken so long but I have been getting carried away with this and it might turn into a whole lesson, particularly in adding in the higher part, or even combining them. Hopefully I will make some decisions and suggestions soon. In any case, your version is great as it is and ...

Great tune of Jorma's and a good idea. Looking into it now.

Neil

Hey Gang, The News is up on Abe's birthday- https://youtu.be/EUhAkQHFJbU February 12, 2021 From John Fahey to Pat Metheny, as far as opening and closing tunes today, and a bit of Carpenters in between, would be my two-bit summary of today’s update. There was a chat about this year’s hummingbird fami...