Wow, guess I lucked out.... After Getaway I decided to take some lessons. The Video and Audio CD's were just way too fast for me. I asked my son's instructor for a recommendation (they were doing electric rock and I wanted country blues). He looked at Grossman's Country Blues book and said Let's try it, Looks like fun.

He tapes them for me really, really slow and then just a bit faster.... still slower than the video lesson which is the next step.

We always play together, even when I don't feel ready and it's always okay and points out where the rhythm and I are parting ways

When I decided to switch gears and wanted to work on a piece of Rick Fielding....he's willing to work off the CD with me

I always leave feeling we've cleaned up a problem or two and feeling good...

My teacher is Flamingo trained so he works off the music not the TAB and isn't afraid to tell me an arrangement was designed just to teach and isn't very good music...Probably the best sign, I'm disappointed if I have to miss a week.

Tinker