Nora Brown singing Jenny Put the Kettle On This song has always been special to me because of the references in James Taylor’s Jelly Man Kelly, which is a front-runner for my all-time favorite...
Shawn James performing his ‘Through the Valley’ I found this a handful of years ago through one of the Spotify bluegrass playlists, and it’s been in my favorites since then. I didn’t realize until tonight that it’s famous from a video...
The Chapmans Covering “For What It’s Worth” I’m going through my Ultimate Tabs favorites looking for songs that might be fun to cover with the band, and I just posted the Del McCoury Band’s cover of this song. Did the Chapmans do it better? It’s a different sound, so...
Del McCoury Band and their friends covering Buffalo Springfield’s ‘For What It’s Worth’ I’ve been flipping through my Ultimate Tabs favorites looking for songs I like that might be good for a collection of covers with some or all of 43 & Change, and I can across...
In this video, Danny Markovitch of Marbin Music makes a case for not tapping your foot when playing with others. I know I’ve had directors and producers both make a similar case (although with the producers it was more about the work required to nix the tapping...
CW: Use of the R word. In this incredibly efficient video from Dani Rabin, we move from note names to Nashville numbering of scale tones and chords through to harmonic analysis and the beginnings of chord substitution. I very much recommend this video if you have ever...
This is such a great lesson. Melvin doesn’t use these words particularly, but in the way I think about things, this is really about incorporating new musical grammar. And his methods of studying them feels very similar to how I study (and learn) a new...
Jim White (Dec 1955-Jan 2024) A year ago today I had just decided that I felt unwell enough that I couldn’t make myself going to work and was going to take a sick day. But before I could contact work I got a call from a surgeon saying “if you are at all able, get in...
Due to some issues with the printing integration in the shop and a fundamental disagreement with bluehost on what support actual entails, I had to wipe the site and, unfortunately, did not have a viable backup of the contents. I do have several sources where I may be...
