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January 5th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 556, Tom Bukovac & John Oates “One On One”
Chapters00:00 - John Oates story of selling guitar
01:35 - Interview with John
03:44 - "First moment you knew were a rockstar?"
06:00 - "Oates and Hall?" / USA for Africa signatures
08:19 - Waylon Jennings, "Fuck this shit!"
08:35 - Ray Charles speaks
09:57 - A.I.?
12:35 - Dan Auerbach
14:20 - "Smash or Trash"
16:54 - Badass pedalboard influence
18:30 - John Oates update / 3rd & Lindsley
20:46 - Deep Hall & Oates cut? "Had I Known You Better Then"
21:54 - What's the song you would erase?
22:18 - Setting up a guitar
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A brief interview with one of the coolest dudes I have ever known in this wild and crazy business of music….the legendary John Oates.
As you can clearly see here, just a lovely laid back fella, with a great sense of humor and a shitload of talent.
What’s not to love?
Hope you kids enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed chatting it up with him
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January 4th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 555, Tom Bukovac, “Romeo & Julietta”
Chapters00:00 - Mental purge / Duesenberg Julietta
10:00 - Yes
20:44 - Tuning the "Tuners of Death"
Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a very cool and rather obscure model from the Duesenberg line up…the Julietta…in the same intoxicating candy apple red finish that the Tony Stark helmet came in.
this friends...the fucking BEST Yes documentary piece ever...holy shit
• Yes Fragile Documentary - The Story of Fra...
and this....there's NO WAY that anyone could ever sound this good live and "un-fixed" is there??....are they REALLY singing these harmonies live?
and whoever mixed the audio on this should have won a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1971)
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January 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Very Modern Drummer”
Chapters00:00 - Jamming with the boy
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Just a little clip of me and my dear boy sweet Leo making up a jam earlier today.
He just turned 10 a couple weeks ago… it’s so crazy to see how far he has come since he learned his first drum beat last December…
the progress has just been so incredible to witness.
such a natural…hell they both are….they both have “the ear”
I am noticing how he is starting to really get the super loose wrist thing together, his hands are getting way faster …super fun stuff friends
January 3rd, 2026
Sign in Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Good Clean Saturday Fun”
Chapters00:00 - Pontiac GTO and new carburetor
03:00 - Boys vacation / Playing acoustic bass
06:24 - Camco drums / Fender amp / Leslie Keyboards / Fishman
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Uncle Larry is happy to have his dear boys back home and having a great time on this lovely Saturday whilst waiting for the games to begin!
January 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Flavor Capsule Paradise”
Chapters00:00 - Beer fridge and battery caddie
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A very heartfelt thanks to the dear lads at Easy Eye studios for sending over this lovely beer cooler today that stands about 7 ft tall and weighs 300 pounds…basically about the size of an average NFL offensive tackle ..
Their kind holiday gesture really got me in the feels …I truly appreciate it friends
Here’s to another great year…comin right up!
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January 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 554, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Woodrow Wilson”
Chapters00:00 - Intro to Universal Audio
02:33 - Woodrow
05:28 - Astra
07:56 - Ibanez CS9
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Uncle Larry tries out a few pedals that the boys at Universal Audio were kind enough to send along....
The Woodrow and the Astra
and…Larry also shows us a lovely matching pair of ember red Gibson Firebirds from the golden era of Kalamazoo.
Hope everyone is feeling good about the beginning of 2026 so far..I know I certainly am
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January 2nd, 2026
Bachelor Cooking With Uncle Larry (episode 6)
Chapters00:00 - Chicken Noodle Soup recipe
01:45 - '70s Ernie Ball acoustic bass
05:40 - Back to cooking
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Uncle Larry revisits his exquisite recipe for homemade chicken soup to start this glorious new year…AND shows you one of the coolest acoustic basses that his ever graced this beautiful planet
And if you’ve never heard of Pinkard and Bowden, well here ya go friends
You’re welcome
• Pinkard & Bowden Live in Savannah in the 90s
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January 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 553, Tom Bukovac, “There Are Really Only Three Chords”
Chapters00:00 - Happy New Year / Young man's game
02:17 - Playing
02:47 - Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne (Old Long Since)
04:24 - Only 3 chords when you think about it
05:00 - Auld Lang Syne on guitar / Guy Lombardo
05:52 - Master Lesson: Auld Lang Syne
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Happy new year friends …as 2026 begins I think it’s time we talk about the fact that the further along the road of TRULY understanding harmony that we get, one thing becomes more and more clear….there are REALLY only three chords…and everything else is really just a variant of those three chords…I actually think of them as the three “tensions” more than the three chords …as in the way that each one of the three pulls at the melody emotionally speaking
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December 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Happy New Year Boys And Girls
Chapters00:00 - Happy New Year
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Thank you all for stickin’ with your dear old Uncle Larry all these years friends
December 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 552, Tom Bukovac, “Flame Thrower”
Chapters00:00 - Playing
01:48 - Most out-of-tune 12-string on Rod Stuart - Every Picture Tells a Story
05:50 - Shows about old shipwrecks / U.S.S. Indianapolis
08:00 - Not a thrillseeker
09:24 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Genesis
10:51 - Lynyrd Skynyrd seminal album
12:05 - Backseat of car / Joke about "AC-15 Channel"
12:48 - Lifelong Fender guy going to humbuckers
13:24 - AC-15 Channel / Nice head of hair
14:36 - Blondie documentary / Hall of Fame
16:20 - Cocaine brings out the worst in people
16:40 - Happy New Year's / Resolution
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Uncle Larry saddles up on his beloved mid 70s Guild 12 string that can mow down an enemy listener from 200 yards with pure tone
Have I ever told you guys about this nimrod David Ferrera, who calls himself “Carlos Who”? I think I did but I can’t remember…anyway here he is…
• Dec. 30 Tom Bukovac Fake Nice Guy #music #...
He constantly sends group emails to myself, Tim Pierce, Pete Thorn, Rhett Shull and a bunch of other guitar players talking about how he can outplay all of us…and he always wants to “challenge” us all to some kind of ridiculous “guitar duel”….i swear i am not making this shit up.
He already admitted to us all that he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic in the head, and when he has these “flare ups” he gets very combative …
David…honey, take a fuckin pill and chill the fuck out ferchrissakes…no one is out to get you …calm the fuck down man