July 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 230, Tom Bukovac, "Anomalies Of Rock"

Chapters
00:00 - Deep, heartfelt playing
02:02 - What's up, good morning
02:32 - '34 Gibson L00 acoustic guitar with v-neck / What scale / Playing
03:25 - Anomalies in the history of Rock 'n' Roll
03:48 - Hit song - weird half step jumps (Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way)
06:00 - Hit song - singer is in the wrong key (Edie Brickell - What I Am)
09:00 - Acoustic guitar...keeping it?
09:40 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Scank - good ole buddy
11:11 - Burton Cummings and Gerry Rafferty as an underrated singers
12:15 - Best guitarist in CA City / Turd mountain
12:50 - Playing after surgery
13:10 - Firebird guitar and guitars that got away
14:40 - What single do you wish you had a second go at?
15:50 - Very underrated singers: Robin Zander
16:40 - Triumph singer Rik Emmett killing it


Notes
A super early morning session with Uncle Larry where he gets off in the weeds discussing some of the more rare and unusual music theory based moments in the history of the Billboard charts we were all raised on.

check this out kids....Rik Emmett CRUSHING IT back in 2015...tears...i mean COPIOUS tears when i watch this.....such a talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcVqAHw23aE

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 230 free guitar lessons...despite Dominic Hudson's best efforts to deter them.

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com

You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

Believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com
You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to...one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

and a LOT of people don't seem to know that they can go here to purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here: https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

July 26th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 229, Tom Bukovac, "Grandma"

Chapters
00:00 - Mixing it up intro playing
04:58 - Hi guys...stitches out / Kid "Bob" Rock jamming and writing
06:28 - Thank you for headless guitar vids
07:00 - Mike "Scank" Scaggs injury
08:31 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Favorite and least character trait?
10:00 - Most underrated singer?
10:18 - Ready for some football?
10:52 - What guitar are you hunting for?
11:40 - Lesson: Blues minor and major badassery licks and trilling


Notes
You guys know I don't name guitars.... but i do call this old 64 firebird V that i have had for ages "Grandma"...is that weird?

July 18th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus, "Mondo Bandage"

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing into / Surgery announcement
03:25 - Good news - Plexi Soul vinyl album
04:30 - Guthrie Trapp record


Notes
Hello friends...don't be frightened. Your old buddy is fine. I just went in for some surgery yesterday to remove an area of basal cell carcinoma (inflitrative type) thats been there for years actually.

Supposedly the operation was a success...the people at Vanderbilt were soooooo cool and soooo sweet.
I highly recommend plastic surgeon Dr. Galen Perdikis....he's a real bad ass and it's nice to know there is a real live professional around when it's time to get some big holes cut in your head.

The good news is my facial recognition on my phone still works.

Also, the whole time this is going on, I have been thinking how surprised the world would be if it was skin cancer that took me out....and not some liver or kidney issue haha

Special thanks to my dear old friend Nicky G....ain't a better man in this world in my book.

A little advice to you young cats out there...putting the necessary time in to develop some REAL friendships with a few VERY carefully selected people in this lifetime is a lot more important than nailing the solo to "Kid Charlemagne" or getting a pedal with a convincing Dumble tone.

That shit ain't gonna pick you up on a work day at 9am to take you to the hospital when you need it.