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March 14th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Volume 199.5, Tom Bukovac, "Municipal Stadium Blues"
Chapters00:00 - Little light playing with feedback
02:44 - Just ole Larry Bukovac / Bob Feller
04:35 - 1940 National New Yorker
06:24 - Bobby Gatewood
07:09 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Best record no one's every heard - I am Shelby Lynne
08:09 - "Uncle Larry"??
09:08 - Terrible writing blues / Sweep picking
09:44 - Log of all the sessions?
11:45 - Starting your own cult? / Koolaid
12:30 - Special 200th episode (Special guest?)
13:00 - Lesson: Cool chord E add 6 9 / tablature: [0 9 6 6 9 0]
Notes
Uncle Larry tries to put out several blazing hot VCB fires in one swell foop....whilst relying slightly less than usual on "the corporate eye"...
totally unrelated....this melody is so satisfying to me...it checks all the boxes of pleasing harmony and time in my brain...
March 14th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Bonus "Super Echo Twin"
Chapters00:00 - Jamming away on the Silvertone
02:35 - '64 Ampeg Super Echo Twin ET2
Notes
You gotta admit...people really knew how to name shit back in the 50's and 60's...
I mean..."super echo twin"...how bad ass is that???
Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster
Vibrolux and Tremolux
Think about what Ford was coming up with:
Ford Galaxie 500...Mustang...Falcon....Fairlane
and then there was
Chevy:
Camaro (which a lot of people don't realize is a little used Spanish word for "friend")
Impala....Corvette...Nomad....
AMC Rambler
Buick Skylark
Pontiac Tempest and GTO with fuckin' Tri-Power Ram Air
Plymouth Barracuda and Fury
Dodge Coronet with a goddamn Hemi Six Pack
I'm talking some bad ass names for some seriously awesome shit right here people.
Airstream
Chris Craft
You get what i'm saying.....
or maybe it was just that all the cool names weren't already taken back in those days.
Now we have "Veloster"..."Tiguan"...."Prius"..."Swift"
We are doomed
and totally unrelated...
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March 2nd, 2023
Homeskoolin' Volume 195, Tom Bukovac, "Take Your Blues Down"
Chapters00:00 - Cars - Let the Good Times Roll / jammin'
01:44 - Checking in
02:38 - Old Cars song / Darren in Cars tribute band
03:08 - Lesson: Harmonic bit of "Let the Good Times Roll"
03:50 - Thanks for comments / Connection all over the world / New viewers
05:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) Numbskull : FailedRockStar : StringLocker
06:15 - What inspires you more: Guitar or Amp?
06:53 - Hybrid picking style and making a living
07:54 - "Sad music from a sad man"
08:25 - What style of music? / Caveman Rock to Jazzer
09:33 - Blues over Major
10:35 - Example: Blues over Major
12:28 - What style is left? / Allan Holdsworth
13:42 - Taxes and sports
15:30 - Lesson: Speed picking thing / Loose wrist
18:09 - Bridge pickup on Duesenberg vs Les Paul "Burst"
18:20 - Duesenberg pickup height
18:45 - Duesenberg: Great creamy, crunchy lead tone / Powerful crunch playing
19:45 - Burst: Growling, howling, singing amazing tone of the Les Paul
20:35 - Les Paul pickup height
Notes
Uncle Larry rips into the viewer comment bin with a vengeance
February 10th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Raunch Dressing”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin finger pickin / Full-blown rock
03:22 - '60 Fender Tweed Princeton
04:00 - Pedalboard look
04:27 - 80's Super Champ
04:50 - '63 Gibson SG
Notes
Hello friends….contact me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want the 63 SG (11.5k) or the Super Champ (1400.00)
Gonna be a week or so until the Super Champ is ready to go (unless you fix amps yourself)…it has a noisy tube that i would like to have fixed before i sell it.
Larry don’t sell no bullshit.
Buyer must pick up in person. Cash deals only. No shipping….unless of course there wa$ $ome kind of con$iderable incentive to do $o.....
February 9th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ “EXTREMELY Rare and Unexpected Gear Related Bonus Video”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends! / Mini-humbuckers vs. Firebird pickups
01:25 - Mini-humbucker, bridge, tone on 10 demo (Les Paul)
02:36 - Firebird pickup, bridge, tone on 10 demo (Firebird)
03:30 - What do we notice? / Differences
04:06 - Nobels & Firebird pickup
05:00 - Nobels & Mini-humbucker
Notes
Your dear uncle shines some light on the age old comparison between “firebird pickups” and “regular mini humbuckers” as they are known on the street.
so...what do YOU hear dear Homeskoolers??
Test notes:
a) both guitars tuned down a half step and outfitted with only the finest roundwound strings.
b) a 1954 fender tweed deluxe vacuum tube amplifier and a no-balls odr-1 overdrive pedal were used as a control.
February 9th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 191, Tom Bukovac, “Hats….and Capes”
Chapters00:00 - Speed picking that acoustic
00:40 - Hello, cats! / Back to picking
01:58 - Faux fingerpickin' thanks and explanation
02:37 - Lesson: Faux picking
04:44 - Dorito type picks
08:00 - Heavy VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hands
09:50 - Nashville High String?
10:24 - Do you think about Sessions after they are complete?
11:18 - Hardest thing to get across to the listener? / Never sounds like live
13:13 - A conduit for music / Outstanding excellence
14:33 - Eagles or Chiefs for Super Bowl 57 / Wrestling and football players
16:23 - Still recording on iPhone? Yes
16:34 - Nick Drake
16:47 - The right hand impacts the most / Percussion instrument
18:30 - Feeling of throwing guitar in fireplace / Witness to astounding guitar playing and overcoming it
24:00 - Get into character when you are playing
26:38 - Seth Taylor guitar player met in sessions
27:38 - What is the biggest pet peeve on talkback
29:47 - 2 qualifications for person on the other side of the glass (nice or genius)
Notes
The rambler….just a ramblin’ on and on…carryin on without a comma…..
Larry gets deep into the VCB
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February 9th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Faux Fingerpickin’”
Chapters00:00 - Precise picking on an acoustic with some sonic strumming
Notes
Uncle Larry demonstrates a technique he often uses in the studio…when you want something to sound like finger picking, except you want every note to be the exact same velocity, as if it was played by a computer…you can do it with a flat pick….but its hard as hell to do. This one takes lots of practice kids.
February 7th, 2023
Homeskoolin Volume 190, Tom Bukovac, “Soul Dust”
Chapters00:00 - Soulful playing
05:04 - What's up cats! / Staind
06:06 - Early '90s MIJ Gretsch 6129
07:25 - Acoustic guitar, Open E chord and intonation
08:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Great resource of lessons
11:00 - '64 Fender Jazzmaster
12:20 - Guitars tell me where to go
13:00 - Jazzmasters pickups too low
13:45 - Les Paul Custom - the one that is the best
14:25 - Picking and a playing the Jazzmaster
Notes
Uncle Larry has a go on a couple new plunks and discusses recent events along with a brief glimpse into the VCB.
January 25th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Williamson County Blues”
Chapters00:00 - 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.
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January 4th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 182, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Gear Chase”
Chapters00:00 - 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
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January 2nd, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Human Tuner”
Chapters00:00 - 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
December 26th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Gutbucket Blues Version 2.0”
Chapters00:00 - Digging down to the roots hard core
Notes
DADF#AD
Dadfad
#rhythm&blooze
This one goes out to my dear old friend Tom Britt
December 26th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ “Holiday Smears & The Mash-up The NFL Never Talks About”
Chapters00:00 - Digging down to the roots
04:46 - Little piano holiday music & NFL
Notes
Another snow day here in the hood….working on some new smears for 2023, and some banjo rolls (try doing that, it is soooooooo hard)….i spent years trying to get the same power out of each note that danny gatton did….while holding a pick in my middle finger.
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November 23rd, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Volume 176, Tom Bukovac, “81 Is The New 78”
Chapters00:00 - Country pickin'
02:01 - Intro
02:26 - Lesson: Picking fingers
03:08 - Lesson: Piano voicing / Deconstructing chord notes for picking
05:55 - Lesson: Angle of the pick
10:00 - Circle of 5ths vs. Circle of 4ths
11:34 - Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk
12:15 - Twitch / Guthrie Trapp
13:45 - Lesson: F Chord progression / Playing
Notes
He just woke up and his hair is a mess, but Uncle Larry can still teach ya’ some redneck guitar licks while he is having his coffee.
Today’s tone courtesy of a lightly/tastefully chopped 54 esquire and a 59 tweed deluxe.
Probably around 6 tonite things are when things are gonna get cookin' on twitch.com...here is the link
https://www.twitch.tv/iamthewook
Ya' know, if anyone out there has some nice old 50's or 60's football cards they wanna sell or trade for guitars, please email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
Uncle Larry's therapist suggested that maybe he should try getting his mind off music for a minute, and collecting old cards is the closest thing Larry has to a "non-music related hobby"....
October 31st, 2022
Homeskoolin' Halloween Special..... “The Black Cloud”
Chapters00:00 - Rendition of Halloween theme song
01:21 - Happy Halloween my friends / Holidays
02:18 - Subscribers / Thanks - btpa.com - Barry Hackett - Peter Hall
04:47 - Trip The Witch news
05:50 - Haunted car story (1967 Dodge)
13:10 - VCB / Bukovac harmonies / Cliches
15:30 - NFL & pain
16:42 - Gifted pinky / Fingering
19:15 - Boxing story
Notes
Hello trick or treaters…at the beginning of this video is the only surviving photo i have of “The Black Cloud”…a spiritually unrestful 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T that i unfortunately owned in my younger years.
This one goes out to you Marion…....you sad little criminal
and speaking of cars, if you live in Nashville and you are looking for the most honest, trustworthy, straight shooting auto repair shop in North America, go see Barry at Hackett Bros.
https://hackettbrothers.mechanicnet.com
Check out these amazing BTPA audio cables at https://btpa.com
and, as promised, one of the most tragic stories in boxing history....if anyone out there knew Billy please contact me...
https://youtu.be/MN79sL228NA
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...and did you guys know Larry made a solo album a while back?
it's called “Plexi Soul” and you can can find it right here: https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album...
...and did you know that Larry made an instrumental record with Dean Deleo from Stone Temple Pilots called "Trip The Witch"?
October 26th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Try To Name This Tune WITHOUT Looking At The Comments”
Chapters00:00 - Guess the song
Notes
Apologies to Gordon Mote
This one goes out to Marlon and Miss Melissa….
September 13th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Volume 164, Tom Bukovac, “With Synchronized Tremolo”
Chapters00:00 - Boogeying some old school guitar
04:28 - Rollin' Rock slide / Hello, class!
05:18 - Duggie Brown's Jazzmaster
05:43 - Vince Gill backup / Sting / Guitar journey meeting people
07:40 - Chris Stapleton / Earthquaker Dispatch Master
08:40 - Jaco Pastorius
09:20 - Lesson: Appropriate fingering
12:04 - Lesson: Silly, hard lick to use all 4 fingers
14:07 - Lesson: "Tempest Fugit" lick
16:00 - Lesson: Taking apart chords for different voicings
16:50 - Kentucky Thunder Bluegrass bad asses / Bluegrass solos vs Rock
19:23 - Bryan Sutton lessons / Holding your body correctly
20:15 - Banjo, tempo, and effortless playing
21:50 - Guitar video jam
Notes
Little Tommy discusses proper fretboard fingering after a nice fall haircut….the little clip at the end is from the rehearsal yesterday when we were learning Sting’s tune that he was singing on the show.
Thanks for watching my little stream of consciousness rants people.
September 13th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus…”The Grass Is Always Bluer On The Other Side”
Chapters00:00 - Kentucky Thunder warming up some fierce Bluegrass Country
Notes
I played a crazy gig tonite kids….a tv show honoring Vince Gill called “Giants” on CMT network….it’s supposed to air on sept 16.
I was in the house band playing behind some real bad asses….like Sting, Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood and many others…got to see a lot of cool people and re-connect with some dear old friends.
One of my very favorite parts of the whole gig was the fact that our band dressing room was right next to the Ricky Skaggs's band Kentucky Thunder's room, and we got to hear them warming up before the show….and they were kind enough to let me film a taste of it. i was quite surprised and honored to hear that a couple of the fellas are Homeskoolers.
Sweet guys and an absolutely INCREDIBLE sounding group of musicians….i sometimes try to imagine what it would be like to pick a banjo like this…must be a whole lotta fun
Personnel:
Jake Workman: acoustic guitar
Russ Carson: banjo
Gavin Kelso: upright bass
Mike Rogers; rhythm guitar
Dennis Parker: arch top guitar
Luke Bulla: fiddle
September 12th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Volume 163, Tom Bukovac, “Charcuterie & Crudite Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Raw pickin' and chuggin' intro
03:40 - Hello, class! / Being back home / Upcoming gigs and musicians
06:00 - Jim Irsay private plane and hotel
09:10 - Danny Nucci
10:00 - Buddy Guy encounter
12:08 - Harmony Silvertone Jupiter / h47 Stratotone guitar (1423)
15:00 - Lesson: Nastiest G Minor 6th chord (Bluesy Pentatonic)
Notes
A brief discussion on how once you fly private one time, you’re basically ruined for life. And….a look at how nasty a minor 6th can be.
September 6th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Volume 162, Tom Bukovac, “You Guys In A Band??”
Chapters00:00 - Beautiful playing
01:43 - Hello, lads and lasses / Back home / Thanks
02:29 - Acoustic guitar Martin D-28
03:00 - Maton acoustic guitar
04:45 - Amazing Dawgs, bandmates, and being in a band
08:40 - Gambling / Spam and YouTube filters
09:54 - Bonus footage
Notes
Television's own Uncle Larry, absolutely exuberant about finally being home and being reunited with his trusty old '38 bone…waxes rhapsodic about that one thing we have ALL thought about since we were little kids….what it's like to really be in a band.
(and now, shift to "first person")
Now that touring is finally calming down and fall is on the way (praise God) it's time to put some focus on some projects that i started on a while back, such as this little instrumental EP that dear Guthrie Trapp and myself are putting together…it's so much fun.....here’s a little snippet from one of the three tracks we already have "in the can"....gonna go back in soon and do some more.
Also, I couldn’t help but add in a few other crazy things at the end of this vid...a dumb meme that cracks me up... " I AM THE JUAN PERCENT"....oh and my alltime favorite thing that my sweet little boy Leo ever drew for his dear old dad….a totally random partial list he made at school one day of some of our favorite songs we like to jam in the car…precious keepsake.
"you got another thing comin"
"black sabbath"
"hot rod lincoln"
"iron man"
"rock and roll music"
"yellow submarine"
"starship trooper"
"hard day's nite"
"breakin' the law"
"don't stand so close to me"
"behind my camel" (instrumental by the police off zenyatta mondatta)
and one more i could never read
Thanks again for supporting the channel folks….i am doing everything legally allowed to show you guys whatever i can…absolutely free of charge of course. Why am i doing it? Because music has been really good to me in this life, and i feel like it’s the right thing to do to give it all back to a bunch of total strangers...
i hope you guys know how much i sincerely appreciate the little community we have built here …. ya’ know, except for a few kids in the back of the room that get a little too excited at times (like Brock Thomas....man what a tool) we got something very real going here….i for one do not take it for granted.
Rock on cats