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Performances
Slack Key Songs Performances
Rare Performances, Demos, Alternate Takes
Original Songs (Fingerstyle & Slack Key)
Relaxing Guitar
Taylor Guitars & Acoustic Gear
Songs & Other Lessons
Live – Performances
LIVE 002 • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
LIVE 004 • I’m on Fire by Bruce Springsteen
LIVE 005 • Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
LIVE 007 • Here Comes the Sun – by The Beatles / George Harrison
LIVE 008 • Harvest Moon – by Neil Young
LIVE 010 • Little Martha by Duane Allman / Allman Brothers
LIVE 011 • Ohio River Rag (Rough Cut)
LIVE 012 • Bron Yr Aur by Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin
LIVE 013 • Lágrima by Francisco Tárrega
LIVE 018 • Something – Ukulele Cover – Beatles / George Harrison
LIVE 019 • Blue Bells (Demo, Open Tuned Electric Guitar)
LIVE 021 • Sarah – Solo Acoustic Guitar
LIVE 022 • Tranquility – original fingerstyle on nylon string guitar
LIVE 023 • Horn – Nick Drake Cover on Nylon String Guitar
LIVE 024 • Study in Em – Francisco Tárrega
LIVE 025 • Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd
LIVE 026 • Keiki Slack Key on Nylon String Guitar
LIVE 028 • Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Cubs Tribute
LIVE 029 • Plaid Blues (Blues Improv)
LIVE 030 • Every Breath You Take – The Police / Sting
LIVE 031 • In a Little While – U2
LIVE 032 • Cannonball Rag on Ukulele
LIVE 033 • Banks of the Ohio (+ Neumann TLM 102 & Ear Trumpet Edwina Comparison)
LIVE 035 • Glass Ball Slack Key / Chicken in the Straw
LIVE 037 • Home Abroad – Slide Guitar
LIVE 038 • Punahele – Ray Kane
LIVE 039 • Henry Street Slack Key
LIVE 041 • Magic Sands – Slack Key Guitar
LIVE 044 • Makalawena – Slack Key Guitar
LIVE 045 • Transition One (3/16/09)
LIVE 046 • At Dawn – My Morning Jacket
LIVE 047 • Keiki Slack Key on Steel String Guitar
LIVE 048 • Slack Key #1 by Sonny Chillingworth
LIVE 055 • Sunday Slack Key (early version, nylon string guitar)
LIVE 056 • Sunday Slack Key (steel string guitar)
LIVE 058 • Raindrops (Original Fingerstyle)
LIVE 059 • Perfect & Beautiful
LIVE 062 • Straight Ahead Blues (Demo)
LIVE 064 • Introduction from Awake Again (6/13/09)
LIVE 065 • Pualani Slack Key (Demo, 5/16/06)
LIVE 066 • Brownsboro Road, Original Fingerstyle Guitar
LIVE 067 • Waimea Ride (Slack Key Improvisation)
LIVE 068 • Louisville Rag
LIVE 069 • Kailua Bay Blues
LIVE 070 • Sunny Afternoon In My Ohana (Koaloha Pineapple Soprano)
LIVE 071 • Green Tea (Fingerstyle Improv)
LIVE 073 • Brownsboro Road (Awake Again Version)
LIVE 074 • Morning and Night (Awake Again Version)
LIVE 075 • Ohio River Rag (Awake Again Version)
LIVE 077 • Transition I (Awake Again, 3/1/09)
LIVE 078 • Outro (Awake Again)
LIVE 079 • Moment in the Sun & Crossing the Field
LIVE 080 • Punahoa Special (Live at Hawaii Island Slack Key Festival)
LIVE 081 • Embryonic Journey (Jorma Kaukonen / Jefferson Airplane)
LIVE 082 • Greasy Strut (Electric Guitar Demo)
LIVE 083 • Wonderful Tonight (Alternate Take)
LIVE 084 • Kaiminani Slack Key
LIVE 085 • Morning & Night (alternate take)
LIVE 086 • Silver Threads – Slack Key Improv
LIVE 087 • Mino’aka – Keola Beamer
LIVE 088 • Auld Lang Syne (Alternate Take, Remix)
Song Lessons:
SONG 200 • Old Love by Eric Clapton
SONG 201 • Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays
SONG 202 • Then Came The Morning by The Lone Bellow
SONG 203 • Barcelona by George Ezra
SONG 204 • Look at Miss Ohio by Gillian Welch
SONG 205 • Million Years Ago by Adele
Open & Altered Tunings:
OPEN 101 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Open G Tuning
OPEN 102 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Open D Tuning
OPEN 103 • How to Tune Your Guitar to C6 – Bron-Yr-Aur Tuning
OPEN 104 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Double Drop D Tuning
GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo
GEAR 504 • Polytune Clip with Open & Altered Tunings
GEAR 508 • Elixir HD Light Strings Review
GEAR 513 • TC Electronic UniTune
County / Bluegrass / Americana Licks:
TWANG 101 • Open String Run in G
TWANG 102 • Variations on a Lick in D
Core Concepts – Technique, Theory, & More:
CORE 101 • Melodic Fingerpicking Exercise in E
CORE 301 • Focusing on Dynamics for Guitar
Slack Key Guitar Lessons:
SLACK 110 • Intro to Sixth Shapes in Open G
SLACK 120 • Intro to Third Shapes in Open G
SLACK 201 • Basic Slack Key Turnaround #1
SLACK 202 • Basic Slack Key Turnaround #2
SLACK 230 • Descending Slack Key Turnaround #1
SLACK 231 • Descending Slack Key Turnaround #2
SLACK 401 • Coffee Bean Slack Key – Lesson on How to Play
SLACK 402 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Slow)
SLACK 403 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Med-Slow)
SLACK 404 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Med-Fast)
SLACK 405 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Fast, with some improv)
Gear Reviews & Demos:
GEAR 301 • Roland Street Cube Demo, Roland Micro Cube
GEAR 401 • Boss ’59 Fender Bassman Pedal
GEAR 402 • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer vs Electro-Harmonix Soul Food
GEAR 403 • Joyo Sweet Baby Overdrive Pedal
GEAR 404 • J. Rockett Archer vs Electro-Harmonix Soul Food – Klone Comparison
GEAR 405 • Park Fuzz by Earthquaker Devices
GEAR 406 • Electro-Harmonix East River Drive vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
GEAR 407 • Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Analog Delay
GEAR 408 • TC Electronic Trinity Reverb T2
GEAR 409 • Analog vs Digital Delay Pedals, Carbon Copy vs Flashback
GEAR 410 • Earthquaker Devices Hoof Fuzz
GEAR 411 • Electro-Harmonix Soul Food – Cleanish Sounds
GEAR 412 • MXR Carbon Copy vs Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail
GEAR 501 • Installing Gotoh 510 Tuners on a Taylor Guitar
GEAR 502 • Aging of Guitar Top Woods
GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo
GEAR 504 • Polytune Clip with Open & Altered Tunings
GEAR 505 • What’s in My Guitar Case?
GEAR 506 • Taylor Guitar Nut/Saddle Material
GEAR 507 • My Taylor 412ce-LTD (Rosewood / Spruce)
GEAR 508 • Elixir HD Light Strings Review
GEAR 509 • Taylor Grand Concert Guitars (feat. 912ce)
GEAR 510 • Armrests on Taylor Guitars
GEAR 511 • Taylor Nylon Series Guitars
GEAR 512 • Taylor 414ce-NR Review
GEAR 513 • TC Electronic UniTune
GEAR 530 • Fishman Loudbox Artist – Overview
GEAR 531 • Taylor Guitar through a Fishman Loudbox Artist
GEAR 532 • Taylor 414ce-NR through a Fishman Loudbox Artist
GEAR 701 • Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Unboxing
GEAR 702 • Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Review
GEAR 705 • Neumann TLM 102 Review
LIVE 033 • Banks of the Ohio (+ Neumann TLM 102 & Ear Trumpet Edwina Comparison)
Tips:
TIPS 102 • Sell Your Unused Gear
TIPS 103 • Freshen Your Guitar Case with Altoids?
TIPS 105 • Try Nickel Strings (& Bullets, If You Have a Strat)
TIPS 106 • Take Private Lessons
TIPS 107 • How to Start Taking Guitar Lessons
TIPS 108 • Find and Use Good Cables
TIPS 109 • Fingernails for Guitar
TIPS 110 • Tips & Tricks when Using a Capo
TIPS 111 • Standing Posture with Acoustic Guitar
TIPS 112 • How to Get Your Whammy Bar to Stay in Place
Using a Capo, Partial Capo:
TIPS 110 • Tips & Tricks when Using a Capo
GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo
Miscellaneous: