Mike Dowling Plays "Jan's Song"
A performance from Mike Dowling's Homespun Lesson "Bottleneck Blues and Beyond." He plays "Jan's Song," a beautiful, soulful piece played on his resonator guitar.
Free Licks/Blog/Performances
Here are some useful guitar licks and playing tips by Homespun owner/instructor Happy Traum and others. Homespun Performances are excerpts from lessons by some of our great artists that are worth listening to just for pleasure. Keep checking back as we'll be adding to them frequently. And take a look at Happy's Blog. He has had a fascinating journey through more than six decades of playing, writing, and studying about American folk music, and he has quite a few stories to tell.
Tony Rice Plays "Manzanita" from "The Tony Rice Guitar Method"
Here's a great example of Tony's incredible taste, tone and technical proficiency, as well as his explorations beyond the traditional bluegrass style and genre. Check out his lesson for how to play this tune.
Norman Blake Plays "The Wreck of the Old 97."
Norman Blake Plays "The Wreck of the Old 97'" from Homespun's "Norman Blake's Guitar Techniques, Lesson One," accompanied by Nancy Blake.
Tony Rice Plays "Shenandoah"
Hosted by Happy Traum, Tony Rice plays his unique and stunningly beautiful rendition of "Shenandoah" in this excerpt from the Tony Rice Method, Lesson 2, from his vastly popular homespun instructional video The Tony Rice Guitar Method.
Roy Book Binder Plays a Sweet Blues in "A"
Blues picker Roy Book Binder plays a sweet blues in A for the closing of his Homespun lesson "Blues by The Book" Lesson One. Check out his lesson on Homespun here.