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"Ball and Chain" by Le Combo!
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Q-What happens when 3 musician buddies get together during lockdown? A- They form a band! Le Combo! with Jorgen Carlsson (Govt Mule, Chris Cornell) on bass, Toss Panos (Toy Matinee, Steve Lukather) on drums and yours truly on...
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I Saw the Light solo with Todd Rundgren
This one is tricky to play on the slide....The original version was overdubbed with a few guitars. The last really high note is actually off of the fretboard. When we started rehearsals for this tour Todd told me that his...
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Tokyo Hotel Jam- "Smooth Moves"
Here's an idea that is based off of a simple chord progression Cmaj7 to Emin7
In the performance I'm trying to incorporate a bass part, chord "chank" and keep the groove driving all at the same time. It's a great exercise...
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A little riff with some two hand tapping
This is a little idea that I came up with years ago and from time to time I've thought about finishing it into a fully formed idea....this is probably as close as I've come haha.
It uses a tricky little two handed tapping...
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F Thing! Play Along Tokyo Hotel Room
This is a tune called "F Thing" from my record called "Still Motion"....
if you would like to have the tracks to play along with (these are the actual tracks from my solo records featuring players such as Victor Wooten on...
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Blue Runner Jingle
As a "working cat" you never know what kind of session or date you will run into....you have to be ready for anything.
Here's an example of a session specifically used for TV or Radio (known as a jingle). My friend and Emmy...
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Funky Riff
I still work on trying to make things groove and "feel" right. This is just an example of a riff of mine that uses some open strings and is a little tricky to play. It's from a song called "You'd Rather Forget" but makes a...
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Swamp Thing (Mini Mojo Lesson)
Here's a handy little chord move in Amin that you can use to create some swampy goodness........
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Touring Rig breakdown for 2021 Live Shows
Here's a closeup of the touring rig I used for 30 shows with Hall and Oates in 2021. Thanks to my tech Bill Lanham for filming this at soundcheck a few days ago.
What i meant to say at 7 seconds in was "one of the best rigs...
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Le Combo Live at the Baked Potato Oct 2021
Doing an old Earl King song called "Mama and Papa" at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles, Oct 2021...
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And the crowd goes wild
This is what it's like to walk on stage in front of a great crowd. Here's Jones Beach NY in Aug of 2021.
Video by Eliot Lewis...
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Backstage fun
Sometimes you gotta keep yourself entertained while waiting to go onstage....here's a short little video of drummer Brian Dunne and myself cutting up before a show. I found a guitar backstage that someone had left and...
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Backstage at Ameris Amphitheater
Beautiful day here in Atlanta - hanging out enjoying the fall air! ...
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Sara Smile guitar solo PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ Aug 13 2021
Sara Smile guitar solo PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ Aug 13 2021
Classic song by Daryl Hall and John Oates.......Daryl likes when I play it differently each night so to keep it fresh I try and play off of his piano and vocal ad...
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If this thing could talk.....
Here's one of my flight cases for my speaker cabinets that I've had forever (or at least it seems like it)....
Oh if this thing could talk...it's seen a lot of duty and traveled to many places...including some of the same...
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Mobile Recording Rig (On-Tour Hotel Room Version)
Here’s a small but really powerful recording rig that I travel with when I’m on tour. We have so many off days on these Hall and Oates tours so it’s nice to stay productive and keep the creative juices flowing. ...
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Daryl Hall and John Oates/ guitar rig for start of tour.
Getting back on the horse after a long time off from this gig. Feels great to play with old buddies again and make music together. Trying out a few new pedals and amplifier heads for the rehearsals- (still waiting on another...
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