Page & Plant, Meet Hanley & McDonald
Published: Fri, 07/11/25
Updated: Sun, 07/13/25
It's just me and the Dauphin this week, and the other night he wandered in as I was finally watching the first half hour of Becoming Led Zeppelin.
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Workshop Replay Available Now
Published: Wed, 07/09/25
Updated: Wed, 07/09/25
If you missed last Sunday's live stream on Youtube, a replay is available through the end of this week. You can find it here: My 3 Rules For Playing…
Workshop Starting Soon!
Published: Sun, 07/06/25
Updated: Sun, 07/06/25
Join me for this afternoon's free online workshop, starting in half an hour: My Three Rules For Playing Better Fingerstyle Blues Sunday, July 62:30pm…
Better Fingerstyle Blues
Published: Sun, 07/06/25
Updated: Sun, 07/06/25
At some point, when I was living in New York, I made the bulletin board at Mandolin Brothers, that vaunted Staten Island temple of vintage si…
Espresso Love
Published: Fri, 07/04/25
Updated: Fri, 07/04/25
When I thought I wanted an actual espresso machine, two of the biggest coffee nerds I know both advised against it. Mary, who co-owns Top Hat studio…
Free Workshop This Sunday, July 6
Published: Tue, 07/01/25
Updated: Thu, 07/03/25
I had to run into the supermarket a couple of days ago and they were already ginned up for the Fourth of July. Anything you can put icing on, they had…
Summer Happenings
Published: Fri, 06/27/25
Updated: Thu, 07/03/25
Today's email is brought to you by various things happening this summer. And by the letters E, A D, G, B and E... For starters: I'll be back at Rocky…
Jan's Froggy Bottom
Published: Fri, 06/20/25
Updated: Sat, 06/21/25
Back in March, I was up in Colorado to play at my friend Jan's 65th birthday party, and the ne t morning I moseyed into Jan's practice room to try out…
"Flaky Yet Custardy Layered Delicacy"
Published: Fri, 06/13/25
Updated: Fri, 06/13/25
A couple of weeks ago I found myself listening to a Roy Eldridge playlist on Spotify, in the course of which I was effectively stopped in my tracks by…
Facing Down The Ten-Take Lather
Published: Fri, 06/06/25
Updated: Tue, 06/10/25
On Wednesday, I sat down and shot three new Youtube lessons without stopping for second takes. Well, e cept for two false starts where I garbled a…