Hey Randy,

Thanks for posting your thoughts and it was really fun spending the time and getting to know you. We obviously grew up with the same soundtrack and influences. Next time I'd like to hear you play something! Too much talking, as I see on complaints on some of my YouTube Previews.

Neil

Hi Terry,

That was Windy & Warm, a tune credited to John D. Loudermilk (Tobacco Road), but really finished by Chet Atkins.

Neil

https://youtu.be/X5_hqV2wl_w April 18, 2025 A really fun tune derailed my train this week as I got infatuated with arranging Itchycoo Park for solo guitar. The song is pretty infectious and gets stuck in your head. It opens with a bit of percussive playing, which I gave a little tutorial on near the...

This tune took over my world recently and here is the result-

Another Lobo lesson added to the TG Library - Stoney. https://youtu.be/rR8RdLvWHWU Stoney is a song by singer-songwriter Lobo taken from his 3rd studio album 'Calumet' (1973), and certainly a fan's favourite. A true campfire song. This lesson is entirely based on an acoustic version, which you can f...

Guantanamera is a basic progression, nearly the same as La Bamba and Twist And Shout. The best way to play Pete Seeger's version is in Dropped D (he has different versions capoed at different frets), and frequently substitute chord ii for IV (Em for G). Let me know if that helps. The Sandpipers vers...

https://youtu.be/H0AK3_4vAPA April 11, 2025 Lately I have been looking for some songs to make easy solo arrangements of. CCR and John Fogerty came to mind and today I tried out a couple of his songs. More to come on that soon. Continuing a little Guitar Geography (probably more Geometry this time), ...

https://youtu.be/iKKkxfTNj8c April 4, 2025 We wrapped up our 30-Day 3-Minute Challenge as March came to an end and congratulations go out to our four winners of strings from the Santa Cruz Guitar Company, as well as our grand prize winner in the U.K. who will be having a private lesson over Zoom wit...

Check out this catchy tune - latest lesson from Nesh is It Never Rains In Southern California by Albert Hammond https://youtu.be/coiBddwHfDY It Never Rains In Southern California is a song co-written and recorded by British-born singer-songwriter Albert Hammond. It appears on his debut album of the ...

https://youtu.be/s1a94OZq_g0 March 28, 2025 Some Blues book-ended today's Update - starting with a nod toward Steely Dan, passing through a little Doc Watson, and closing with some improvising in E (along with a mention of blue notes). Expanding in the theory department, there was a challenge of sor...