January 26th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Greyhounds On Ice”

Chapters
00:00 - Space jam


Notes
A little jam to calm the nerves as football season draws to a close.

January 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Williamson County Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Finger pickin' with the best of them


Notes
Uncle Larry conjures some Southern sounds from an instrument born in Kalamazoo.

Sorry I ain't been around cats.....been W-O-R-K-I-N-G my hillbilly ASS off.

January 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Piano Magic”

Chapters
00:00 - The most beautiful piano playing


Notes
Gordon Mote takes us through some more of his endless repertoire on a session break during day 8 of the VG sessions....gonna be sad as hell when we have to tear the big top down tomorrow....

Oh....and guys, get a load of this….
https://youtu.be/y1rBpWSQfOc

...and totally unrelated, dig how UNBELIEVABLY musical Phil’s drumming is on this track from 1971…my God....perfection
https://youtu.be/MVyrPFAl1cI

January 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Daily Double “Session Footage”

Chapters
00:00 - Session
04:05 - Credits


Notes
This little video was filmed and put together by dearest John Jarvis, piano player extraordinaire and future filmmaker….

at the end i hillbilly spliced on a close up of Paul Franklin’s feet killing it on some cryin’ steel guitar…absolutely mesmerizing

Thank you John!!

January 17th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 188, Tom Bukovac, “Video Killed The Funk 49”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking some familar tunes on the Tele
01:53 - Hello, folks! / Boat drink
02:20 - Update and Vince Gill project / New subscribers and misunderstanding and welcome
04:14 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
04:34 - Gordon Mote...amazing
04:50 - New guitars? Duesenberg
05:14 - Thank you for comments and support
05:58 - Right hand picking
08:00 - Never let... [them] ...enter your kingdom!
08:30 - Don't change the channel!
08:43 - NFL Dream Team
09:02 - Gear and sounding the same / 99% hands - yep!
10:15 - Alrosa Villa nightclub playing and Dimebag Darrell
10:47 - Dallas Cowboys kicker / Fucking up on the job


Notes
Uncle Larry unsuccessfully tries to transfer the legendary Geoffrey Downes piano masterpiece over to guitar....

It is virtually impossible….i mean, just try these chords ferchrissakes…

F#6
From low to hi
14,13,13,15,16,18

C# over F
13,11,11,13,14,16 (this one is a KILLER)

Eb min 7
11,13,11,11,14,14

for any new viewers here are pertinent links:

if you are learning things and feel led to donate to Uncle Larry's PayPal tip jar use this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com

you can also use venmo
@Tom-Bukovac-1

if you wanna check out Larry's instrumental album go here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album...

if you wanna check out the record Larry made with Dean Deleo from STP go here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/alb...

if you wanna buy some super comfy Homeskoolin' merch go here:
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/me...

January 13th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 187, Tom Bukovac, “From The Hills Of Northeast Ohio”

Chapters
00:00 - Great fun with Gordon Mote and friends / Pickin' some Country
01:56 - Hello, cats!
03:30 - Country licks on the SG
04:35 - Lesson: Sliding 6ths
07:09 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Best kid books
09:28 - Session musician conversations and landscape?
13:10 - Hunting guitars?
14:45 - Great live band / Fender Blackfaces pointing right at you
18:27 - Tuning Nazi guy / Doing better on sound
20:10 - Agreement on when musicians are 13 and what they are listening to


Notes
Uncle Larry likes to pick a simple country and western song once in a while.

Intro footage taken by the legendary John Jarvis

January 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Peeyanna Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon showing us a song
03:05 - Top 5 piano intros!


Notes
Gordon and Vinnie discuss the finer points of the great classic country and western piano intros….just FYI…Pig Robbins is knocking it outta the park here. The Ted Williams of piano.

January 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 186, Tom Bukovac, “13”

Chapters
00:00 - Little mellow strumming
02:32 - What's up Homeskoolers / Greetings and Jeff Beck
05:09 - Game: Name tracks from an album / That's who you are (age: 13)
08:38 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Vince Gill and session knowledge
11:45 - Did you ever play football?
13:00 - Stolen guitars?
15:26 - Bring on the Night - Police / Cover songs
16:10 - Thanks and learning from lessons / Stealing knowledge and uniqueness
18:47 - Tinnitis
20:25 - Live stream setup?
20:55 - Amp mainly used? Princeton Reverb
21:38 - Yes - Fragile


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses the important formative years of the typical lifer musician...and more specifically the "magic age"....13

Thanks for watching dear Homeskoolers...

Donation links:
Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com

Venmo is @Tom_Bukovac-1

and it's cold out there...getchya a hoodie
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/me...

January 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “1/11”

Chapters
00:00 - Deep music


Notes
January 11th…what a day friends.

Also happens to be the one year anniversary of finding my best friend dead in his house on his 55th birthday…

RIP Jeff and Rick

January 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 185, “Shut Up And Play Your 79 Deluxe With Flatwounds”

Chapters
00:00 - Cleaner down and dirty


Notes
Uncle Larry explores different degrees of swing and tries to take advantage of some of the naughtier aspects of a shuffle.

January 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Guitar Slinger”

Chapters
00:00 - Plethora of guitars and knowledge


Notes
Day 2 of a 10 day Vince Gill session in downtown Nashville TN

Starring
VG
Jedd Hughes
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Justin Niebank
Matt Rausch

January 9th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 184, “Moving In Mono”

Chapters
00:00 - Reflective playing
04:50 - Morph into Sting - Bring on the Night / Howya doing?
06:00 - The greatest cover songs of all time
07:00 - Lesson: Bring on the Night / Vince Gill
08:20 - NFL cards
09:46 - '54 Esquire from Greg Voros / Playing / Top hat flying off
13:53 - Thanks
14:55 - Lesson: Harmonics
15:42 - Unknown riff from the '80s
16:36 - Lesson: Cars - Since I Held You / Solo
19:41 - The Cars solos story / Band person vs live improv / Test of time


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a ride on a slightly out of tune chopped 54 esquire and reflects on some childhood guitar store memories.....and childhood memories of watching Letterman.

Even the thumbnail pic shows Larry in a very "reflective type" mood.

In truth, sometimes (like tonight for example) i don't even bother to tune the guitar before i do these vids....because i usually spend all day at my "day job" caring WAY too much about tuning...so when i get home at night, and it's just me all alone with my deep Cleveland thoughts it can be very stimulating for me to be a bit out of tune.
It's very freeing, sonically speaking, it's kinda like the emotional equivalent of walking around the house in your underwear.

I hope you guys don't mind.

There is one guy that watches the show that can't help but make a comment every time he hears five seconds of something out of tune on my totally unedited free form stream of conscious videos.  I think he's one of those unfortunate dudes who has to tune/edit/pocket shitty vocals on pro tools all day for bad local bands.

He probably also has a hard time enjoying led zeppelin and beatles records.

I've noticed that some people seem to feel really special when they can point out things that are "out of tune"....sometimes i think they think they are the only people that can "hear" it.

At any rate, thanks for watching guys

If you feel led:
the PayPal tip jar is always there...lurking...
tombukovac@gmail.com

so is that venmo one...
@Tom-Bukovac-1

January 8th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ “When You’re Feeling Small… “

Chapters
00:00 - The Cars - Candy-O


Notes
Happy Sunday

January 6th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Collage, “Riverside Revival”

Chapters
00:00 - Guitar emersion
04:08 - Playing the '58


Notes
Yes, the planning is still in it’s infantile stages…but i can tell you that there is nothing short of “a movement” underfoot here in the windy streets of Nashville Tennessee.

There is an amazing new venue in east nashville that is built in a totally renovated old church called “Riverside Revival”.

It is being run by some dear friends and kindred musical spirits.
Among them Nick “The Chef” Govrik….my old band mate from Trigger Hippy.

There is definitely gonna be some crazy guitar related action taking place in this building in the not so distant future.

There is even talk of a full on “Nashville Guitar Immersion” program where select people can buy a first class ticket to the full hang and inside behind the scenes access to the community of players here.

We are not sure exactly what it is gonna be yet, but you can trust me on this one thing….Nicky G knows how to throw a fuckin bad ass party.

There is no doubt that whatever ends up happening is gonna be deeeee-luxe.

There is talk of a gig in late February to kick things off and get people acquainted with the venue….a gig with myself, Guthrie Trapp, Jack Ruch, dearest Jedd Hughes and some other guests….and we will working in some master class guitar repair workshops with Greg Voros and Gruhn Guitars.

Stay tuned for further details friends.

January 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Blues For Sweet Dougie Brown”

Chapters
00:00 - Space blues


Notes
Takin’ a late night trip on a mid 60's jazzy that my old buddy the hornswaggler let me borrow ages ago…. just a little groove for all you insomniacs to possibly drift off to sleep by...

thank you guys for supporting the channel…we are up to damn near 75k prescribers...can you even believe it?

Paypal pool donation is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo pool donation is @Tom-Bukovac-1

paypool haha

and special thanks to David Price for the cool rare Mexican variant of the 1978 topps Brian Sipe card


how awesome is this?
https://youtu.be/-ImdlZtOU80

January 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 183, Tom Bukovac, “But I Never Sarrr Them Winging”

Chapters
00:00 - Tranquil playing
02:39 - Hello, friends! / Gildan
03:30 - Stuffed toy
04:53 - Real estate agent
08:15 - Whackiness and friends
10:00 - The ole garage
10:47 - Pool and swimming
11:47 - Encompassing life
12:45 - Spontaneous fucking around videos
13:36 - Yards
15:30 - Find gear what works for you
16:25 - Various guitars vs. one / George Gruhn
17:53 - Billy Gibbons
19:16 - Gear doesn't matter
20:45 - Good guitar player can play anything
21:20 - Perfect pitch and great musician
21:45 - Jimi Hendrix thoughts / Little playing
23:43 - Lesson: Tritone substitution


Notes
Rant away Larry…rant away....

oh, and here's a song everyone should know
https://youtu.be/xydgLftj3M0

January 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Luxe Collective”

Chapters
00:00 - Looking for a house


Notes
Overall, Uncle Larry is a very content soul. He has worked very hard, and has been very fortunate to achieve pretty much everything he ever set out to do in this life.

He is one of those guys that is difficult to buy gifts for, because he seemingly already has everything he wants.

However, there is ONE THING, and ONE THING ONLY that he feels like he is missing in this life. A house with a pool.

Larry literally doesn’t even know how to swim, and personally speaking, he cares very little about pools. However, he has two young boys that LOVE to swim.

And Lord knows that trying to kill a 120 degree saturday in nashville with 2 young boys and no pool TOTALLY SUCKS BALLS.

I clearly understand that the Homeskoolin channel was originally packaged as a free guitar lesson channel…but over the years we have certainly branched out to a VAST ARRAY of non music related subjects. And today’s subject?

If anyone out there is looking for literally the best realtor in Nashville, well here she is. I have been through soooo many realtors in my life…when i found Lisa years ago the search was immediately over. She is the COOLEST…absolutely no bullshit, gets the job done right.

Please try her, you will not regret it

Lisa Landyn
The Luxe Collective
615-870-7986
Lisa@luxetn.com

Tell her uncle larry sent you…

Plus…I just thought it would be fun to look at a house for sale on the Homeskoolin’ channel.

January 4th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 182, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Gear Chase”

Chapters
00:00 - Mixing it up from rockin to
03:05 - Hello, friends! / Thanks / Vince Gill
04:49 - Bills game and cardiac arrest on field
05:39 - Billy Gibbons story
07:12 - Quora junk mail
08:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Gordon Mote
08:44 - Camaraderie in sessions
11:25 - Paul McCartney
12:45 - New Year's Resolution
13:08 - Kick head back
13:37 - Remastering 3rd & Lindley
14:27 - Fingertip tone / Different sound with different person with same gear
22:25 - Lesson: Pick straight eighth notes and play melody with fingers


Notes
Uncle Larry is wearing a hole in his soap box again…firing off maybe even more hot takes than usual.

Tell me this isn't the cutest damned thing you ever saw....what a sweet sweet boy...god it KILLS me.
https://youtu.be/CONDKDDUHQM

Thanks for watching and supporting the show guys

Paypal tip jar is Tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1

January 2nd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Human Tuner”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote & Kris Donegan interviews
04:20 - Gordon's amazing, perfect pitch demonstration


Notes
Some shenanigans from todays session at Backstage Studio

Starring (in no particular order):
Gordon Mote
Kris Donegan
Steve Mackey
Elvie Shane
Todd Lombardo
Freddie Eltringham

January 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus….”Kid Stuff”

Chapters
00:00 - Don't shoot your eye out


Notes
The boy can play AND shoot

And also, my 7 year old Leo wanted me to share this wacky telekinesis video he made today with you guys…as you can tell he is REALLLLY looking for likes and subscribers
https://youtu.be/_K6SeJ5Hges

And trust me…you are NOT gonna wanna miss this hot new channel that just launched it’s first episode today!
https://youtu.be/CONDKDDUHQM