Fingerstyle Blues Repertoire
Published: Fri, 09/18/20
At the songwriting meeting I used to sporadically attend in New York, one of the bylaws was a twenty-five cent fine for the use of archaic language.
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Gate's Special Blend
Published: Thu, 09/17/20
Somewhere in a bo in the garage, there's a photo of me and Gatemouth Brown posing with his trademark Gibson Firebird, the one with the hand-tooled…
Souvenirs
Published: Thu, 09/10/20
There are a lot of reasons to play guitar. But maybe the best one is just because. It's easy to forget why you started, or to be so aware of all you…
Kids Today
Published: Thu, 09/03/20
A couple years ago my friend Billy had me fill in for the day, teaching his classes at Te as State University. Billy, who built the studio I currently…
The Persiflage Blues
Published: Thu, 08/27/20
For those who are, at least in theory Recompensed, for putting hand To task, and making, on demand The thing, the message, art or object, Statement,…
"The Truth Is...I *Am* Iron Man"
Published: Thu, 08/20/20
wants to get into whether I'm heading into work or what my day actually looks like, I inevitably succumb to some version of "well, I like what I do,…
Cheese Husbandry
Published: Thu, 08/13/20
This week's Letter is brought to you by the Modern Jazz Quartet, another entity I have always loved but never thought to seek out further recordings…
Good Guitarists
Published: Thu, 08/06/20
Mingus record as far as I was concerned. But about a week and a half ago, in the middle of the night, I finally thought to go look up what other…
The Giant Blue Count Steps Down
Published: Thu, 07/23/20
The place I went to school did not particularly cater to the mainstream-minded. I like to think that I would now appreciate the way people at that…
The Rue Patisserie
Published: Thu, 07/16/20
A week ago Monday, when my online songwriting group met, I played a song I had written in an hour the day before. When you get back to town and your…