August 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 331, Tom Bukovac, “Royal Power Pop”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking out a song to a loop with a little Leslie in it
03:23 - Hello, friends! / Life update / NFL diddy
04:46 - Morgan Wallen session
05:58 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe / Playing
06:30 - Lesson: Blue Oyster Cult / 2 parts as one / Burnin' For You
07:30 - Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper lyrics
09:00 - "Hardest thing about being a session man?"
11:00 - Numbnuts from Tulsa in the comments / "Jam off" / "Off his meds"
13:53 - The Gear Page Moderator and getting banned
14:45 - Lesson: Smear with hammer into bend / Pre-bend dead in tune
16:50 - Lesson: Bending strings / Tightly slammed fingers


Notes
Uncle Larry gets his English melody on.
God Save the Queen

so, do you think i even stand a chance in a "jam off" against this fella?

• Early 70s Carvin AS50

June 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 318, Tom Bukovac, “How To Write A Song”

Chapters
00:00 - Eagles - Victim of Love
01:16 - What's up class!
01:42 - '73-74 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe chopper / Doug Jarrell (Rumbleseat)
03:35 - Fernandes Telecaster
05:00 - New house / '70 Monte Carlo for sale
06:33 - D'Addario endorsement and buying strings/ Goodrich volume pedal / Thanks
08:00 - How do you write songs? / Building songs
10:00 - Have your interest in guitars waning? / Goldtop and Burst are the top / Total instruments (less than 50)
12:23 - Thoughts on tribute bands? (Fairweather)
15:00 - Pop song chords vs Jazz song
17:15 - Listening to Genesis / Conditioned to listen to 4 chords music


Notes
Thanks for watching friends

I wanted to give a sincere thank you to Doug Jarrell for the fine work on my instruments

To D’Addario and Andy Pitcher for the supplies

To the boys at Goodrich Sound for the bangin’ new volume pedal.

Upcoming things to look out for:

In Stereo vinyl will be here in early July, appreciate your patience on that

There are still a handful of tickets left for the Guthrie and Uncle Larry record release parties in august 16 and 17…it’s about to be sold out

There are still tickets around if you wanna come see old Larry plunkin in the band behind Vince Gill at the Ryman for a few nights August 1-4

Guthrie and I are going to Hotlanta next week to film an episode with Rick Beato talking about our new record as well, so keep an eye out for that too friends


If you are getting something out of these videos, every little contribution helps

My PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com

My Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

August 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 239, "Can't Find My Thank You Can't You See My Way Home"

Chapters
00:00 - Electric football montage / Plunking around intro / Surgery update / Family life / Heat
03:37 - Gibson Deluxe
04:13 - Electric football teams / Rolling Rock thermometer / Cool magazine thanks
05:30 - Thanks and relation to Homeskoolin' / 80%/20% rule
07:35 - VCB / "How many instruments do you have?"
09:48 - Song: Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
10:42 - Theory about money and success
12:30 - Costco and armchair financial advice from Uncle Larry


Notes
Frank Zappa's definition of "folk music"

"when you play a D chord and wiggle your little finger around"

In this episode Larry talks about finances, he talks about Costco, and most importantly, he talks about the 7 decade legacy of Tudor Electric Football...which is potentially the catalyst for the single greatest bond between a father and a son to be found on this earth.

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.

May 23rd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Man In A Plastic Bag”

Chapters
00:00 - Mixture intro playing
01:23 - Hello, friends! / Thanks
02:25 - Playing without gain / Paul Kossoff
03:48 - Contest
04:39 - '72 Deluxe / Norlin
05:52 - Thanks
06:33 - Pick handling


Notes
Hello kids, Larry just wanted to say thanks for all the kind comments on the recent Brett Papa video i did with sweet Guthrie Trapp which you can watch here…

https://youtu.be/YCFFjWtXYGE

Also, I was looking around and thinking to myself…”i got way too much shit”….im gonna sell a bunch of my sort of lower echelon stuff…none of the really blue chip stuff… I got some cool lower end stuff like my old Mosrite that i used in the “cuban breeze” video…that old Supro with the lap steel sandwich pickup i used in the “saturday night bonus jam” vid, i might launch my old Dean Cadillac (for the right price) and some other shit. I may even sell that bad ass 76 bc rich mockingbird i have.

January 21st, 2022

Homeskoolin Daily Double, “Sentimental Case”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues playing
00:40 - Hey, guys / 1979 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
01:07 - Christmas story


Notes
A little stroll down memory lane aimed mostly at the real diehard Homeskoolers out there….a rare daily double. Can you tell sessions have been a little slow lately? Hahaaa