August 19th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Road Life Bonus

Chapters
00:00 - Room tour and road pictures


Notes
Casino gigs are not normally my idea of a good time….but just as a general life rule, when your hotel room has double doors, you know things are gonna be ok.

After a nightmarish 6 hour ride in a goddamned RV with no AC in the bunk area, and finally getting in to Tulsa at 4:30am last night, this fancy room was definitely a sight for sore eyes.

August 18th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Yet Another Soundcheck Bonus

Chapters
00:00 - Prairieband Casino in KS soundcheck


Notes
Mayetta Kansas casino gig…..

August 16th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Road Bonus “Guinness Stew”

Chapters
00:00 - Royal Mile Pub in Des Moines


Notes
Dear John Hickl from the Royal Mile pub in Des Moines….this place is awesome and the food is incredible….

Check it out on your next trip to the midwest friends.

Opening for ZZ tonite again…last time we did that the whole crowd just sat there the whole time with their arms crossed waiting for Billy to come on…i get that

August 15th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Learn-A-Song Quickie

Chapters
00:00 - Lesson - School's Out play through


Notes
Well, i may be stuck in a hotel room on a day off with no amp….but that don’t mean we can’t learn a song.

As if we needed any more proof that even the most base rock hit of “the day” had more harmonic interest than most things we hear in all genres in 2022

August 15th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Abstract Vignette #2

Chapters
00:00 - Piano busking / Interesting things in life


Notes
Be the ball Danny….be the ball…

August 14th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 158, Tom Bukovac, “Damn I Wish I Had More Fingers”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking around in hotel room / Checking in
04:35 - VCB / "Dumbest things" (boomer bends, modeling, "she" guitars)
10:38 - Young guitar players (Seth Lee Jones)
10:51 - Lesson (guitar chords)


Notes
Some hot takes regarding guitar culture guaranteed to piss off at least 25% of my prescribers.

Come at me bro.

Dig this cat

https://youtu.be/J-I021NUidA

August 13th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “An Important PSA From Tony Lucido”

Chapters
00:00 - Tony apology


Notes
10 minutes before we went on tonite, Tony decided he wanted to do this public service announcement.

I thought for a minute he might reveal the name of his new forthcoming youtube show, but alas….he didn’t

but he did go to see whales today

August 13th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus…”Uhhh…Is it Saturday? “

Chapters
00:00 - Tour update
05:45 - Chord lesson


Notes
It’s just uncle larry clarifying a few things that got a little sideways yesterday…and also getting into a little mild major brand defamation…

man, i’ll tell ya, when you are on the road and you start getting into time zones that have half hours involved, it’s kinda hard to tell what day it is. I am loving it up here in St John’s, I haven’t kissed any cods yet, but there were a few down in the hotel bar last night.

Ok. so the following is a private message to Ken, the guy who got totally bent outta shape about Tony’s comment.

So if you are NOT Ken then please stop reading right here…………..right at this line.

“Hey bro….bro bro….if we were all chillin in the bar together…me you and tony, i guarantee you would instantly be taken by his charismatic charm and natural ability to light up a room with his intense neuroses and tortured deep inner trauma that he wears on his sleeve in the most beautiful way. We wouldn’t have any problems. You would walk outta there saying “man, that tony, what a cool guy” You gotta trust me on this…i don’t hang around with idiots, even though i am one myself. I appreciate what you are saying Ken, but you just gotta shake the etch-a-sketch and take a new look at all this…put a new spin on it all in your mind. Tony IS gonna start his own channel…and you will watch it and you will laugh at it, because he is a fascinating guy…truly unique, one of a kind….and those folks don’t come around very often. The voting was almost unanimous (besides you) that we keep this ABSOLUTELY FREE channel raw and unfiltered, just like its always been. If the occasional thing comes along that gets stuck in your craw, please keep in mind….none of this cost you ANYTHING. We are all good bro….im cool with you if you are cool with me.”

Ok…carry on boys

August 12th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Abstract Vignette

Chapters
00:00 - The Guess Who footage


Notes
St. Johns Newfoundland Canada

August 12th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Millenial Buzz”

Chapters
00:00 - Behind the scenes / Soundcheck
01:11 - "The offended language incident"
01:45 - Paul Moak pedalboard / Gear
02:48 - Tony's Bass
03:13 - AC30 / Gear cont.
07:45 - Drum insights


Notes
I thought you guys might appreciate this little illustration of exactly why most lifer musicians absolutely loathe soundchecks.

Soundchecks are always just a cacophonous labyrinth of disjointed rude sounds played by overtired people with bad attitudes and short tempers, whose only REAL concern is the catering.

But more importantly….please listen closely to what I’m about to say.

If there was ever any ONE LESSON that you all learn from any of these videos, let it be this my friends….

unless you are using Rockit Cargo or some other PROFESSIONAL gear transport company…do not EVER try to bring any of your own gear on an international trip….it is practically GUARANTEED to end in tears….and cost you a fortune while you’re at it.

We are just now getting Paul’s gear back from Germany…our poor manager Dave was stuck in Germany for 3-4 extra days trying to deal with the messy gear situation. They wouldn’t fly some of it back because the cases were oversized etc etc, which is strange considering they had no problem flying it INTO the country. As of tonight we are supposed to finally get most of it, but some of it is lost forever at this point.

The only real rule of flying gear international is that there are no rules….just rent whatever you can, and if you DO bring something make sure it’s something you don’t mind losing forever.

Special guest appearances in today’s vid by the crew guys
Steve (the drum tech)
Justin (Pauls keyboard and guitar tech)
Michael (our manager Dave’s son who runs the teleprompters
Matt (the amazing monitor guy)
Gary (the amazing front house guy)

Thank you for watching folks

August 12th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ B Roll Bonus

Chapters
00:00 - Couple of clips


Notes
Just a random mish mash of Homeskoolin’ related stuff…the studio footage is from a sesh i did the other day for my producer friend Julian Raymond, working with a young artist called Connor Mccutcheon….very nice lad he is…

Can i just go off for a minute about how much i love Julian Raymond? I have done a million records with him since he moved to nashville 10 years ago or so….as a producer, he always has a way of making me think i can accomplish or play ANYTHING….

Being a positive force and being a cheerleader is a great trait for any producer to have. As a player, when producers act that way you just want to KICK ASS for them…. and conversely, when producers are condescending cunts you absolutely DO NOT want to kick ass for them.

And what’s with these brown bottles of rolling rock here??

August 11th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Road Update, “A New Found Land”

Chapters
00:00 - Newfoundland tour update


Notes
St. John’s Newfoundland Canada….what a cool place.

Thanks for watching all this madness you guys….i think we might really have Tony talked into doing his own channel

August 11th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Food For Thought”

Chapters
00:00 - Piano playing of strange chord progression


Notes
We have all heard this song a million times….it was a huge hit record. One of Sting’s most genius moments in his absolutely amazing career.

“Don’t Stand So Close To Me” by the Po-lice….

But have you ever noticed how fucking weird the chord changes are???

The end of the chorus literally jumps from an Ab major to a cold D maj that starts the verse

Verse is Dmaj to F# min which is pretty normal….then the chorus jumps to C#maj to G#maj….. But then BACK TO D??

Its easy to be “weird”….but real genius is being able to do something totally weird and totally unique that sounds completely normal…and is a hit record

August 10th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Recently Unearthed Forgotten Footage”

Chapters
00:00 - Found footage


Notes
I found this in my phone, totally forgot about it…goddamn that shit is hard to play

August 10th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Studio Update, “Ally and Jimmie”

Chapters
00:00 - Studio tour


Notes
Wednesday August 10, 2022….Morgan Wallen session at Oceanway studio in Nashville.

Joey Moi producing
Jimmie Lee Sloas on bass
Bryan Sutton on acoustic
Dave Cohen on keys
Jerry Roe drums
Josh Ditty and Ryan Yount engineering

and sweet Ally Gecewicz playing the role of production assistant and studio tour guide.

and if that isn’t enough pure entertainment, Jimmie Lee Sloas, without a doubt the most beloved session man in Nashville TN, shows us his two sweet ‘59 P basses

August 10th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Suitcase Roads”

Chapters
00:00 - Melodic double neck playing


Notes
So what PAF’s are the ones that keep YOU up late at night?

A little psycho-delic electric mandolin blues you can use, as interpreted through the lens of a southern fried lake erie boy….

Saturn we miss you

August 9th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “On A Bender”

Chapters
00:00 - Crazy good acoustic string bending


Notes
Filmed late last night…you know you’ve been on the road for a while when bending .012 gauge acoustic strings feels the same as bending .010s on an electric

Thanks for watching guys

Trip The Witch vinyl is shipping!!

August 8th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Daily Double Bonus Jam

Chapters
00:00 - Charon rippin'


Notes
Well, here is my hillbilly version of the great Scorpions track “Sails Of Charon” from the album “Taken By Force”

As written and played at AGE 21 (!!!!) by the great Uli Jon Roth.

I call my version here “The Sales Of Sharon”….replete with about half the authentic German feel of the original.

Thanks for watching the show people

August 8th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 157, Tom Bukovac, “Taken By Fierce Bliss”

Chapters
00:00 - Soaring intro playing
02:38 - Hello, everyone! / Home again and Germany
03:48 - Wacken, Germany show
07:23 - Uli Jon Roth
09:45 - Eleanor Jane thanks
10:51 - Change setlist?
11:38 - Lesson (song - Greed) / Power of music
13:30 - Transport gear? / Pedalboard


Notes
Back in the homeland after a long long journey, Larry recalls some of the highs and lows of the last few crazy days…the Session Man Abroad if you will….if you must….

Very sincere thank you to all of you for supporting the show…Uncle Larry’s small but mighty army is slowly approaching 70,000 members….and believe me, i know how hard it is to make the commitment of clicking on a video of an old guy teaching guitar when there are so many “shorts” on youtube of hot girls wearing yoga pants.

I appreciate all the kind words and all the kind donations…i truly hope that you all are learning things and that these videos help shine some light on the madness of the music business.

Mostly i hope they inspire all you people out there to accomplish the nearly impossible dream all musicians share….the dream where we ask the universe to provide us “a living” solely from playing an instrument.

Heres the tip jar links if you want to donate

Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com

Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

August 6th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Wacken Update, “A Very Special Guest”

Chapters
00:00 - Tour update and a chat with Uli Jon Roth from the Scorpions
03:33 - Uli show us how to play Scorpions - Sails of Charon (Lesson)


Notes
Well kids, the gig went great, we had a ball, thanks to anyone who watched the livestream.

They say “never meet your idols”….however in todays case that saying is totally wrong.

I spotted Uli Jon Roth in the crowd from 300 yards away, absolutely knew it was him instantly. Turns out he came to the show today specifically to see Ann.

I invited him backstage to meet Ann afterwards and we all hung out for hours….absolutely LOVELY guy ….wickedly intelligent…extremely interesting and super fun to hang with…just an absolutely beautiful person.

Please enjoy him showing us one of the greatest electric guitar moments ever recorded….”Sails Of Charon” off the Scorpions “Taken By Force” LP