I just returned from a week long sojourn in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I was booked to perform 4 shows following their annual jazz festival, which I played 2 years ago with Marcia Ball and Oscar Castro-Neves (guitarist on “Girl From Ipanema and Black Orpheus!). San Miguel is a really cool artist/music town in
Greetings to all you electric guitar slingers…I wanted to tell you about a new product that Im really excited about with guitarcontrol.com called “Eclectic Electric”. This DVD set explores in depth all the beauty and power of electric guitar….In my many years of touring, recording and teaching Im always struck by the excitement and fascination
I wanted to share an inspiring musical experience I had a while back with you all. I got a call from producer/drummer Narada Michael Walden (currently on tour w/ Jeff Beck) to do a benefit show in my home town of San Francisco for Christopher Rodriguez, a music student who was tragically wounded in a
I am thrilled to report that tonight and tomorrow night I will be performing with Clarence “The Big Man” Clemons from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. I was Clarence’s guitarist and musical director for many years and really enjoy playing with The Temple of Soul West, his band here on the west coast. We have
Virtuwul and I are in the studio here in sunny San Francisco working on “Killer Keyboards Made Simple” with my musical partner and keyboard master Ozzie Ahlers. Oz is a seasoned session player having recoded and toured with the likes of Van Morrison, Jerry Garcia and guitar hero Craig Chaquico from Jefferson Starship. Ozzie is
I am looking forward to playing with Carlos Santana and Narada Michael Walden as well as some other great Bay Area musicians on december 17th in my home town of Mill Valley. The show is a yearly event that benefits kids and music, my 2 favorite causes! That reminds me of a memorable gig a
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Hey guitarists! Here’s another sample clip from “Soul of Acoustic Guitar”. This is from the third DVD… Jimmy starts off teaching some an amazing song that he wrote called “Sea of Blues”, although this is strictly speaking, not a blues progression. It’s a soulful, minor key ballad, and there is much here in terms of
Hey folks, Claude Johnson here… Very proud to introduce Virtuwul’s new DVD course: Acoustic Mastery. It’s chock-full of cool lessons. For instance… Can you take a simple G chord, D chord and C chord and make it sound like a million bucks? Sure you can — using a few powerful guitar techniques such as transitions,
