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Four Ways of Thinking About Fingerstyle Accompaniment Mar 12, 2020

Last week in The Fingerstyle Five, our monthly live Zoom workshop was about arranging and improvising on the blues and jazz standard "Careless Love." ...

What Would Be Cool, And What Would It Take? Mar 05, 2020

A few years back, I ran a couple surveys, just when I was getting Fretboard Confidential off the ground. In essence, the surveys asked, "What do you r...

Good Time Charlie Feb 27, 2020

Groove is, of course, one of those slippery things, easy to mention and hard to describe, much less teach. But if you're going to play fingerstyle gui...

Grooveyard Feb 20, 2020

It's been raining in Austin for the past couple of days. As a guy who grew up in New England, this is the closest I'm going to get to winter around he...

The Scratchy Record Hour Feb 13, 2020

Years ago my friend Matt Weiner played bass in a New York band I'll describe as retro and jazz-oriented, along with our mutual friend and absolutely k...

"Boys, Let's Put A Supergroup Together!" Feb 06, 2020

It's February Album Writing Month again, one of my favorite times of the year. If you're one of those people – Ms. Fretboard comes to mind – who can't...

Three Haikus About Magic Sam Jan 30, 2020

I.

Live, his "Lookin' Good"
Is more than twice as fast as
The LP version

II.

What is extra cool?
The fact that he is playing
Earl Hooker's guitar

I

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Blind Pig, 0; Acorn, 1 Jan 23, 2020

I've been trying for two days now to write something witty, enlightening and succinct about Bix Beiderbecke, and all I've come up with is a bit of sat...

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