Guitar By The Glass

Guitar By The Glass


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Jam 27 – Catch The Wind by Donovan
September 19, 2017

Skip ahead to  2:20 for the lesson Another one of my dad’s favourites – Catch The Wind by Donovan. There is some beautiful and subtle picking in this song. Lesson Link with Chord Charts and Youtube: https://goo.

Jam 26 – Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
September 11, 2017

Skip ahead to 2:06 for the lesson This one goes out to my dad, who will be missed more than he would have ever known. Love you dad. Lesson Link with Chord Charts and Youtube: https://goo.gl/bg6pDh Little Red Riding Hood by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs...

Jam 25 – Little Man by Tom Waits
April 03, 2017

Skip ahead to 1:10 for the lesson This one is for Manual from Germany! This song is played by Tom Waits on the piano, but I did my best to get all the little nuances for guitar in there. Not an easy song, but definitely worth learning. It’s beautiful.

Jam 24 – Fairtyale Of New York by The Pogues pt.2, and A Health To The Company
December 19, 2016

Skip ahead to 1:50 for the lesson How to play the solos to Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues, part 2. This just follows the previous podcast episode 23, where I went over the Intro and the Strumming Patterns of the song.

Jam 23 – Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues pt.1, and Molly Malone (1 of 2)
December 14, 2016

Skip ahead to 3:03 for the lesson How to play the intro and strumming patterns to Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues. Part 1 of 2. There’s only 1 decent Christmas song, and it’s glorious. Fairytale Of New York is simply the greatest Christmas Song,

Jam 22 – When Will I Be Loved? by The Everly Brothers
December 06, 2016

Skip ahead to 2:00 for the lesson. My second FREE chord book is out – Guitar By The Glass Book 2. Go to my website to download it. If you’d like to learn to harmonise, I have a new section on my website called “Learn To Harmonise“.

Jam 21 – Unchain My Heart by Joe Cocker
September 13, 2016

Skip ahead to 3:30 for the lesson Back after a month with Unchain My Heart by Joe Cocker. The most difficult thing about this is the strumming, but I go through that with you. Also an alternate way to play Am and Dm which allows you to move the bass li...

Jam 20 – Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
August 02, 2016

Skip ahead to 6:09 for the lesson With my birthday month over, I’m back on the horse! Jam number 20 I show you how I like to play Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time. It’s got power chords, alternate picking notes, build ups,

Jam 19 – Jailhouse Blues by C.W Stoneking
June 28, 2016

Podcast – Skip ahead to 4:34 for the lesson (I cut most of the Rottnest “Tour” from the Podcast) Youtube – Skip ahead to 5:50 for the lesson This week I’m on Rottnest Island, my favourite Island in the world. I give you a 1 minute tour of the island,

Jam 18 – Better Days by Pete Murray
June 15, 2016

A very special episode – come join me in a live pub session! I recorded this session at Moondyne Joe’s, so you can sit down with us, have a pint and jam along. Pete Murray is an Australian singer songwriter. He does beautiful, quite simple songs.