November 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 360, Tom Bukovac, “The Pizza Guy”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing and a playing
06:49 - Hello / Cleveland connection / Netflix - Mike Tyson & Jake Paul
10:30 - Rick Beato & Rick Waitman
11:51 - Session buddy story Martin D-28 busted headstock
16:18 - Discover a song randomly / Dismantling a song to assimilate it / Old Flame song
19:47 - Playing the piano / Arturia
21:55 - Thanks
22:28 - Beatles - The Sun King / What analog sounds like / Abbey Road


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the biggest money grab in recent memory, and tells a harrowing story of a pizza delivery gone terribly wrong

November 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Cutting Edge Of Technology”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote update on special glasses that read for him


Notes
This is definitely not how Hank did it friends…

Our dear friend Gordon Mote amazes us once again, except this time with some crazy new gear, instead of the usual musical wizardry

November 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Sam Bettens”

Chapters
00:00 - Sam Bettens


Notes
From yesterdays session, a couple versions of “5000 miles” by Sam Bettens, former lead singer of K’s Choice from Belgium

Sam’s new album will be coming shortly, we have 13 great tracks in the can, this one is one of my faves…this is a live recording friends

I was fortunate enough to work with an amazing band , Gordie Sampson on acoustic , Dave “Bird Dog” Dorn on keys, Steve Mackey on bass and Freddie Eltringham on drums….and the most important guy in the band, Zack Zinck running the PA

November 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Gordie Sampson”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordie Sampson - Waves


Notes
This beautiful creature emerged from the most remote regions of Canada

I first met him 25 years ago actually, I have always been absolutely ENAMORED with his talent and he has been a dear friend all these years

He has written several number one songs, and just like all my other favorite musicians, he can play any instrument and produce records all day long

Before you comment about how he kind of sounds like John Mayer, Gordie wrote this song is in 1998 and he was doing this shit long before john Mayer was

“Waves” is the first song I ever saw him play…he has never recorded it.
This may be the only known recording of it

November 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 359, Tom Bukovac, “The Bitter End”

Chapters
00:00 - Bluesy playing on the Strat
06:07 - What's up, friends! / Playing
07:38 - Some singing (Cops), called the "New York Blues"
10:25 - Name That Lead - $2 / Sam Bettens / Name That for a $1
12:00 - Update / Pontiac GTO / Gibson GA-83s
13:40 - Lesson: Key of E to the V
14:42 - Playing Layla (Rita Coolidge, Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton)
16:04 - Outro / Special Fuck-offs / Playing


Notes
Hey GT and Jedd-o…this sounds pretty damn New York-y to me…you fellas wanna play it at the show?

I can already picture it…

you guys…with your heads back and your feet up on the intermittent monitor wedges…lettin’ it eat while helpless droves of excitement drenched female onlookers with heavy Brooklyn accents swoon and sway….pointing your bolt on necks heavenward in the glowing red halo of a poorly aimed par can …

Here’s a link for the gig we have booked in Chicago in February for all you early bird
https://www.axs.com/events/757974/guthrie-trapp-tom-bukovac-tickets

November 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Boner….uh sorry, I mean Bonus…”Goat Tone”

Chapters
00:00 - Pontiac GTO walkaround


Notes
Gee, I hope this thing gets good gas mileage…I was looking for something economical…

51k original miles…I am the 4th owner

All numbers matching ….all the original paperwork including original window sticker

Includes the PHS paperwork

335 horse 400 cid motor

Automatic transmission

Power brakes

Spent most of its life around Ft Collins Colorado

Original owners name was Frank Musso

A true grade A chunk of metalpussy here boys….straight from the glory days of Detroit

November 11th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 358, Tom Bukovac, “The Death Of America’s Team”

Chapters
00:00 - Taking that Gretsch higher
05:28 - Beatles - The Sun King (singing and playing)
07:24 - John Lennon bashes Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger
09:04 - Roland JC-120 (Jazz Chorus 120) / Blackface Twin Reverb
10:13 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
10:47 - Pontiac GTO delivery
11:29 - Sam Bettens
12:21 - Lesson: Raised 5th on minor
13:20 - Child rearing comments
14:10 - "Stupid Boy"?
15:35 - Twisters movie / Recycled stuff
16:26 - Originality / David Essex - Rock On / Herbie Flowers / John Deacon
18:51 - "You don't talk about women"? / Private life and class
19:56 - Otis Gibbs, Guthrie, Jedd
20:31 - NFL
23:05 - "Most amateurs get wrong"
24:58 - "Is tone in the hands?" / Nothing to do with gear
25:55 - Making up a Will and writing the letter


Notes
Uncle Larry covers a wide swath of VCB in one swell foop on this Veteran's Day holiday….
Everything from gettin’ laid to the Abbey Road medley.

here is that Lennon interview i mentioned
• John Lennon vs Mick Jagger

If you are indeed getting something out of these real time journal entries , please visit the tip jar

PayPal is Tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

November 10th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 357, Tom Bukovac, “The Art Wall”

Chapters
00:00 - Some strumming
04:10 - Hello, friends! / Video games
05:50 - Dead strings / In tune
06:40 - Acid hands and strings
08:21 - Youtube videos about trips (Truck House Life)
09:26 - Negative visualization about life / Stay calm
12:55 - Comment about harsh child teaching / Understanding of life through kids / 100% selflessness
16:52 - "Life goes so fast"?
18:30 - Lesson: Fast scale
18:57 - Early Scorpions - Sails of Charon / Captain Beyond
21:00 - Lesson: "Snake Charmer Scale"
21:50 - Uli Roth at Wacken story (Playing Sails of Charon)
22:44 - Otis Gibbs (new YouTube channel) & Todd Sharp (Nashville Amp Repair)
23:42 - Rust Valley Restorers show
24:53 - Rolling Stones - Angie


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya the REAL truth about having kids.....ya' know, all the stuff that's not in the brochure.
If any of you boys out there are on the fence regarding this particular subject, maybe this will give ya a nudge...in either direction...

only slightly unrelated, dear Leo and I are very proud of the art wall we put up in the new house last night ...some of his finest works, new and old.
such a good boy, very creative soul.

on the subject of music, people will sometimes ask me things like
"uncle larry, what is your definition of REAL soul and feel on the guitar?..."

i ALWAYS respond the same way....i just say "watch THIS friends"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYPo2py77A

November 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin' "FINALLY, He Talks About Pedals!!!"

Chapters
00:00 - Some crazy pedal modulation and fuzz
01:30 - Collision Devices - Tars
02:14 - Reason son isn't on camera / Worst product ever
03:10 - Bare minimum pedalboard / Heavy and hard to carry
04:45 - Pedalboard look / Brigadier / Vintage pedals selloff?
07:50 - Son, Marshall playing
08:34 - Marshall's pedalboard


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some pedal talk...because he knows you've been patiently waiting for it

November 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 356, Tom Bukovac, “Metric Modulation”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow lullaby into pickin' madness
02:51 - Rare phone fall & restart / Hello / Guthrie & Jedd
03:53 - Jedd Hughes gig / Working together and not against
05:42 - Son's Chopped Les Paul
06:16 - John Fogerty series / Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
07:26 - Groove on "Born on the Bayou"
09:23 - Airline amp
11:21 - Livestream / Big Apple vs. reclining / Big thanks to people all over
13:13 - CC Deville & Poison vs. Bob Dylan
14:01 - Lesson: 7/8 groove
15:25 - Playing the drums
15:57 - GTO
16:27 - Footage: Amazing drumming and groove / Guthrie show
18:37 - Snake man - George Gruhn


Notes
“Metric modulation” friends…the new hip phrase to replace that old fashioned “ hemiola” word we all grew up saying….(look that one up if you are not familiar)

Anyhoo, thanks for tuning in and supporting my pitiful little channel friends...sorry i'm a little out of tune today....i used to care

If anyone feels compelled to donate a little love to your socially challenged old uncle you can do so at these links

PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com.
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1


Here’s the link for the upcoming New York livestream people

https://volume.com/t/kRhYIQ/

Guess who the snake man at the end of this video is?

November 7th, 2024

Life Hacks with Uncle Larry (episode 1)

Chapters
00:00 - T-Shirt hack


Notes
We all HATE IT when our phone falls down in between the car seat and the center console don’t we?

Lord I know I sure as hell do

Well friends, you don’t have to worry about that anymore

Uncle Larry gon’ fix it for ya’s

November 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 355, Tom Bukovac, “Build Sheet Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Getting those hard blues ZZ Top tones from Junior
06:16 - Hello, friends!
07:20 - Lesson: Ever heard of a 145?
08:37 - Pick / Jed Hughes show / Guthrie Trapp / Warm environment gig
09:50 - Kid Rock / Cigar smokin'
11:00 - Sons as music critics
11:40 - All The Young Dudes - Mott, Bowie, Ozzy
12:06 - Lesson: All The Young Dudes
14:17 - Western Swing Bumblebee type playing
14:46 - Lesson: Focus - Hocus Pocus (Am, Em7, Fmaj7, Bb, E7#9) -> (Am, Em7, D, B, E)
15:42 - Name that song / Sessions / Jed Hughes gig / Playing
16:32 - Lesson: Pull-offs
17:48 - "No politics/religion on this channel"
18:25 - Gibson Les Paul Junior - Tom Boots guitar
18:39 - Pontiac GTO / Fender Telecaster Blackguard sold / Playing and singing


Notes
Uncle Larry treats another old Gibson with very little respect, and checks the pulse of America a day or two after the keys to the Castle were given to the Orange Man…

Come out to the basement tonite and see Jedd…..damn he’s good

November 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Nashville Guitar ER”

Chapters
00:00 - Show off Lin Crowson shop


Notes
Lin Crowson fixes my chopper 63 Fender Azz Ass

You can reach Lin on instagram (i_got_broke_guitars) and Facebook

October 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 354, Tom Bukovac, “The Muse....(Gran Turismo Omologato)"

Chapters
00:00 - Dancing on that Strat
05:40 - What's up!? / Scars on the face
07:00 - "The muse" is gone and waiting for it to come back
10:24 - Dan Huff new inspiration
12:00 - Real stringed instruments / Shelby Lynne
13:26 - Lake Placid Blue Fender Stratocaster (Jeffrey Moore)
13:43 - GTO / Do it while you can
15:55 - Dan Huff track


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses the delicate matter of burn out amongst lifer musicians with no hobbies.


as my dear old grandma used to always say "son, there ain't no better way to fight career burn out than buying the exact car you've been dreaming about since you were 15 years old...."

check out this rust bucket POS friends...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOXOhWfTD8

October 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 353, Tom Bukovac, “Low Hanging Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking some good ole guitar
01:50 - Hello, friends! / Freak accident in baseball cage
03:04 - NFL channel / Washington v Bears game
04:12 - Lesson: How to view chords / Knowing the fretboard / Root, third, fifth
11:40 - Lesson: Sound like a baritone / Cmaj [3 3 2] Dmin [5 5 3] Emin [7 7 5] F [8 8 7]
12:29 - Out-of-phase sound '52 Gibson
13:10 - Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel into melodic playing
13:38 - Lesson: Climbing up from the V chord
14:20 - Deep Larry from Brett Papa videos / Just the 3 bass strings coolness


Notes
Uncle Larry explains why you are basically fucked if you don’t instinctively and instantaneously know the notes on the neck …and talks about the “miracle at northwest stadium”

it has been well proven in the past on this channel that you guys simply do not give a FUCK about any type of old school country swing guitar, no matter how difficult, involved, or challenging it may be, but i am still doing it anyway... cuz i like it.

if i was going for likes and views i would just play tenths using only 6min, 4, 1, and 5 chords and sing "uh...uh...uh...." over it, because i know thats what you guys REALLY want

October 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 352, Tom Bukovac, “The Ballad Of John Dust”

Chapters
00:00 - Country lickin'
01:17 - Hello, friends! / '70 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
02:32 - Riding a horse
03:30 - Rough night of football / What are refs for?
04:45 - Collector's edition of Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo
05:25 - Lesson: Ole good lick for ya
06:25 - Brett Papa class
06:58 - Hang nails
07:36 - "New gear that caught your eye?" / Jack White Fender amp / Leslie / Fractal Audio
09:00 - Collosion Devices new pedal
09:32 - Son learning Van Halen - Running with the Devil / 10 points in popularity
10:31 - Oliver Anthony and Tom's sons / Remembering who played on albums


Notes
Uncle Larry cyber-busks on a 63 Telecaster….a 63 Telecaster that is so clean and original that the switch still sounds new when you flip it

RIP John Dust….

here's where you can get the CD
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

Totally unrelated, this vid is amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhC4imHiJUM

October 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 351, Tom Bukovac, “Garbage Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Slammin' those strings into soaring goodness
07:34 - How you doing friends / NFL gruesome game / Baker Mayfield & Chris Godwin
09:24 - Lesson: Guitar swells [3 7 3 3 3 3]
10:12 - '53 Fender Telecaster / Neck shape
11:55 - Weak and dark pickup / Remagnatized / Modern wiring
12:24 - Too dark example
13:20 - Overused R&B lick
14:09 - 'Guitardom have had it' with pet peeve licks
15:23 - How fleeting life is / Sylvester Stallon documentary / Life goes faster and faster
16:55 - Playing
17:16 - Breaking into song :)
17:48 - Dan Auerbach studio
18:16 - "Being creative is happy space" / Producers being track guys
19:07 - Breaking into song again :)
20:18 - Too much to learn to summarize for someone to be a session player / Study great music / Creativity
25:00 - Capturing the creativity
26:38 - Ideas for the toolbag
28:10 - Brett Papa
28:32 - Trip The Witch


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into it with ya on a lovely Tuesday

Football and more with the boy from Willowick

October 19th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Learn A Song”

Chapters
00:00 - Cover: Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey


Notes
While the boys are in the other room playing X Box I decided to uncover the mystery of Hugh McCracken amazing part of “Uncle Albert”

I just learned this very quickly, didn’t do a deep dive to get it EXACTLY, just a rough approximation more so just to get the feel

Just some old school muscle shoals licks with a TON of reverb on them over the top of another brilliant quirky composition by the greatest pop songwriter that ever walked on this planet…I’ll take it

October 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus…”Arena Tone”

Chapters
00:00 - Secret recording of son Marshall


Notes
11 year old rock and roll enthusiast Marshall Bukovac wears it out while his old man is downstairs making him some spaghetti

He won’t let me film him directly so I have to sneak around downstairs or outside his bedroom and try to record him ….

October 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 350, Tom Bukovac, “Small Block”

Chapters
00:00 - Cover: Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
02:44 - What's up? / Playing
05:55 - Night Rider - Jimmy Bryant
07:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
07:45 - "Blowing your musical mind lately?" / Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney
09:00 - Lesson: Beautiful off chords / E6/9 [0 2 6 4 2 2]
09:40 - Lesson: Fmaj713 [8 8 7 9 10 8]
10:56 - "What's on the horizon?" / Producing
12:43 - "What does it cost to make a record?" / $40,000 - $45,000 / Brett Papa course
15:57 - ' 61 - '62 Gibson SG & story
17:18 - Arena tone
19:14 - Old Western playing


Notes
Uncle Larry answers a few questions in the VCB and caterwauls one of his all time favorite songs for your listening pleasure.