March 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Rare Recently Unearthed Session Footage…Hermanos Gutiérrez”
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00:00 - In the studio creating
Notes
Hello friends, Estevan Gutiérrez of the band Hermanos Gutiérrez sent me this little clip this morning that he filmed last summer when I was overdubbing a part on their new single “Sonido Cosmico” at Easy Eye Studios in Nashville TN.
Lovely to work with these sweet guys, I really like their music, and i like them as people....that goes a long way with me.
here is the finished track....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRkXjJpXUU
thanks for watching
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March 5th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 288, Tom Bukovac, “Triggered Hippies”
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Chapters
00:00 - Little acoustic strumming
02:23 - Hello, friends! / Little background of Tommy Bukovac
03:14 - "Oh, Southern Man" / Compare North to South / Social animal
05:03 - Nicky G and plane crash story (Nashville)
05:50 - Garage Sale over / '57 Goldtop & '58 Burst, why anything else? / Scarlett Johansson
07:30 - Old beer cans thanks
08:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / '84 Gibson J45
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Listen to records you like and study the emotion
12:00 - What makes a musician great? / Connection between sound and emotions (that's the secret) / Good records have 'worlds'
13:23 - "'Dead zone' after football?"
13:34 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV)
15:00 - Trigger Hippy days with Nicky G, Joan Osborne
17:50 - Analytical mind in great musicians
Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the VCB here….we might want to send a search party to retrieve him…
March 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Early Spring Collection Garage Sale”
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00:00 - Picking a good tune out (Ann Wilson - This Is Now [Tom Bukovac])
01:15 - Hello, everybody!
01:40 - Nicky G / Vance Powell
02:17 - Lesson: This Is Now / Chords that test intonation
04:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Thanks
05:52 - Princeton Reverb
06:45 - BC Rich Mockingbird
08:10 - Fender Esquire
10:58 - Digitech Whammy
Notes
Ok friends…as always, the first responder/committer gets it.
if you want any of this stuff email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
65 Princeton reverb…I WILL NOT SHIP THIS…LOCAL PICKUP ONLY 4250 cash…this thing is painfully straight and in EXTREMELY condition.
77 bc rich mockingbird 7k plus shipping
54 esquire …a VERY reasonable 20k firm on this plus shipping…look on reverb, people are asking 20k for refinished 54 and 55 esquires on there
Original digitech whammy with power supply
600 plus 30 bucks shipping
March 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Damned Important Announcement”
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00:00 - Squaking out the guitar amp literally
00:54 - Hey, friends! / Fender ST Champ
02:18 - Release date for Guthrie record (May 1st)
03:25 - Lesson: Tablature explanation
04:50 - Tough Dsus chord to grab [10 12 0 11 8 10]
05:13 - Concept of tab we can use
05:30 - Guthrie record on nice vinyl only
06:07 - Nicky G
06:14 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [2 2 0 2 3 5]
06:29 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [7 7 0 7 8 10]
06:58 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [3 x 5 4 2 0]
07:16 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [0 2 2 3 3 3]
07:40 - Lesson: Weezer - Say It Ain't So
Notes
May 1st…that's the day
Fender ST Champ…that's the guitar
We need to get as many of these as we can over here in “Merica people.
I PROMISE you that this a no brainer purchase….even if you don’t have kids.
The fun factor is 10 out of 10
March 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ “The World’s Most Natural Doubling Effect”
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00:00 - Strumming the whole thing
Notes
Happy Sunday friends
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March 1st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Money Notes” with Bryan Sutton
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00:00 - Chords, changes, and what notes will hit the target
01:00 - Starting in F# / Ab to Dominant 7
02:04 - Outlining melody over chords and 'the note'
02:44 - "Is there a best option?" vs "This will work!"
03:30 - D Major
04:33 - "Whole other vibe" - Key of E
05:40 - Favorite chord progression
07:45 - Bryan update / Bela Fleck / Billy Strings story
10:13 - "Obscure Blue-Grass that everyone should listen to?"
Notes
Bryan Sutton sharing a minute of his lunch break to talk about the best notes of some familiar chords.
March 1st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Big Ol’ Boy”
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00:00 - Finger picking goodness
Notes
Uncle Larry gets a little late night toe tappin’ music on for ya' on a borrowed SG…
play it pretty for Atlanta now…
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February 28th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Session Update “Darrell Ellis Blues”
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00:00 - Hunt for Goldtop owner?
Notes
Apparently he lived in Iowa most of his life and died in 2015…if anyone out there has any info about him please tell me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfG5EG9Xm_Q
February 27th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 287, Tom Bukovac, “Session Man”
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00:00 - Acoustic playing and some singing (Hank Williams Jr., The Blues Man)
03:49 - Love that song! / Howya doing / Blues and R&B gig
04:48 - Ole riff played at Mom's bar story
06:25 - Rickey Medlocke, Blackfoot, Highway Song
06:54 - Listen to this tone
07:36 - Lesson: Ricky Medlock song
08:54 - Thanks
09:25 - Pop quiz results / Day 2 session
10:45 - Being an Ironman recording
11:25 - Patrick McNally #1 Homeskooler
12:00 - Hank Williams Jr.
12:17 - Lesson: Hank song chords and hook
13:13 - Phase guitar intro and verse riffs
14:30 - Little hooks and riffs to enrich a song
Notes
Uncle Larry relives the old days of the juke box at the Surfside Lounge in Eastlake Ohio in the late 70's.
This one goes out to my dear friends Matt Warren...and James Mitchell, who was the first guy to ever teach me about the "blues man"....love you cats
and totally unrelated....how the hell can anyone sing this good live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmqBmIR7f6I
February 26th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 286, Tom Bukovac, "The Great Healer"
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00:00 - Deep acoustic playing (K's Choice - Wait)
02:59 - Hello, friends! / Session / Mystery episode
04:09 - Lidor "Homeskooler" Ellis quiz (Answers below)
06:02 - #1. Name of music store sells Homeskooler merch?
06:18 - #2. What is Uncle Larry's favorite key to play in?
06:24 - #3. What was the name that almost won before Homeskoolin'?
06:45 - #4. What was the first "edit" video?
06:54 - #5. T-shirt brand Larry hates?
07:01 - #6. First guest?
07:11 - #7. Restaurant that named a sandwich after him?
07:23 - #8. What would Larry be doing if he wasn't a sessionman?
07:35 - #9. Beatle band member Larry played with?
07:45 - #10. Prog-Rock band Larry likes?
08:00 - Fun gig played / Nicky G / The fun to play and where it is at
09:30 - Walter Peyton and record game and the flu
10:13 - Jerry Garcia on TV
#1 - The Guitar House
#2 - B minor
#3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPAixw05PQ&t=144s (Tom Time)
#4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JmESuiTPc&t=09m33s
#5 - Gildan
#6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35aPlus-Kw
#7 - Farmland
#8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwDNSMeN1U&t=395s (Restore old cars)
#9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDeT3YBy0Y&t=776s (Ringo Starr)
#10 - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Notes
Uncle Larry enjoys a post work greyhound and plays a solo version of one of his alltime favorite songs...that probably 99 pct of you out there won't recognize....
The "so you think you're a Homeskooler test" was put together by Leo "Lidor" Ellis.