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Jamming In General Six years at the Hobnob! Foster – May 15, 2019 AMAZING! Tonight (May 15, 2019) marks a full six years of 'Wine-down Wednesday' at the Hobnob Corner Restaurant. That's somewhere... Read More Rants & Raves An old Russian folk tale Foster – May 7, 2019 There's an old Russian folk tale, goes something like this: Once there were two poor farmers, living on opposite sides... Read More Surf Log J.S.Bach – Cello Suite No.6 – BWV 1012 – Prélude – YouTube Foster – April 28, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc2wvZWSmTk J.S.Bach - Cello Suite No.6 - BWV 1012 - Prélude 11 String Guitar - Moran Wasser Read More Jamming In General In the house of Andrés Segovia (1967) – YouTube Foster – March 26, 2019 No other guitarist in history has had such a profound influence on his instrument. Andrés Segovia single-handedly elevated the guitar... Read More Rants & Raves Cars in the Bible Foster – March 20, 2019 Most people assume WWJD is for “What would Jesus do?” But the initials really stand for “What would Jesus drive?”... Read More Jamming In General Axetreme Pickguards Foster – March 17, 2019 This post touches on a guitar repair job currently on my bench, but is really more about a cool online... Read More Jamming In General Brad Paisley Interview – YouTube Foster – February 18, 2019 Best interview I've seen to date with one of my favorite pickers, Brad Paisley. Just had to archive this one.... Read More Jamming In General The Lost Leo Fender Guitar Design from 1969 – G&L Factory Tour – YouTube Foster – February 3, 2019 A trip back in time to Leo Fender's office/lab, where he conceived and created his revolutionary designs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBT_1C0lxc Join Pete... Read More Lessons Teaching Tips: Don’t stop the tune Foster – February 2, 2019 I'm often inspired to write blog posts by things I see on my social media networks. This is one of... Read More Rants & Raves English is quirky Foster – January 21, 2019 Mastering English is not for the lazy, as never was there a language so crazy. We’ll begin with a box,... Read More Jamming In General The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) | Intellectual Takeout Foster – January 20, 2019 Excellent article. "Both jazz and classical art forms require not only music literacy, but for the musician to be at the... Read More Legacy Archive Broadband in the Boonies part 2 Foster – January 16, 2019 A couple years ago, and totally fed up with the dismal performance of the AT&T DSL line we had out... Read More Legacy Archive Primitive technology: searching for groundwater and water filter (water well and tank) full – YouTube Foster – January 15, 2019 Survival Skills Primitive is a fascinating YT channel producing videos that are at once instructive and also very relaxing to... Read More Jamming In General Full Building of a Custom Goodall Guitar – YouTube Foster – December 25, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS78naDiB4k Welcome to the day-by-day video recording of a beautiful Goodall guitar being constructed over a five week build period.... Read More Rants & Raves Black River – The “Art Guitars” of Enrico Bottelli – YouTube Foster – December 17, 2018 An absolute stunner of a classic guitar by Enrico Bottelli. I've never seen its equal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoj4FZkh-Cg The “Black River” is... Read More Surf Log 100 year old LOG SPLITTER with HIT and MISS motor – YouTube Foster – November 30, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEDDHKfT5i0&t=149s Read More Jamming In General Paco de Lucia’s ‘Malaguena de Lecuona’ – Grisha Goryachev plays 1924 Miguel Rodriguez Foster – November 13, 2018 This young man is quickly becoming one of my favorite contemporary Flamenco guitarists. For an example of perfection in execution,... Read More Legacy Archive Foster’s easy-peasy blue cheese bacon cole slaw Foster – October 29, 2018 Once had a blue cheese coleslaw over at Players Pub in Bloomington years ago, and decided to come up with my... Read More Jamming In General Guitarist joke: Lost Foster – October 26, 2018 As a guitarist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside... Read More Jamming In General Yogi Berra explains Jazz Foster – October 24, 2018 Interviewer: Mr. Berra, can you explain jazz? Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation.... Read More « Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 24 Next »

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