March 7th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Larry’s Hillbilly Square Dance”

00:00 - Lightin' up the guitar
Notes
Just got home from a long day of sessioneering with the great Jamey Johnson…still feel like playing.
Too bad these guys couldn’t find a good singer…or play good live…fuckin aaaaa
38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Live At Rockpalast 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivx9cLGe5E
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March 7th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Livin’ On Tulsa Time”

00:00 - Gretsch / Welcome / Ashville
01:11 - Vintage guitar prices
06:18 - Fender Precision Bass
07:45 - '52 Gibson Goldtop
09:20 - New merch / Designer
Notes
Drew Winn of Guitar House of Tulsa stops by for a visit.
Come see him at the vintage guitar show in Asheville this weekend, and come see him at the Amigo’s Nashville show in March 23-24.
If you want to place a hold on either of these fine instruments email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
March 7th, 2024
Try To Play This Lick (episode 1)

00:00 - Country lick
Notes
If you can get this one fast and clean you are gonna blow people’s minds at the next country jam night.
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March 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam Collage ”Worth A Google"

00:00 - Percussion into strumming a song
03:27 - Another percussion session at home jam
Notes
Uncle Larry digs a few trenches for your sonic amusement....acoustic drums by the Philly Kid.... Jordan Perlson.
and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....
if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes
You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1
a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/
AND....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
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March 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Rare Recently Unearthed Session Footage…Hermanos Gutiérrez”

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”

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”

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”

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”

00:00 - Strumming the whole thing
Notes
Happy Sunday friends
March 1st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Money Notes” with Bryan Sutton

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.