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This tune began as a simple lick, but I was stuck
there until I shared it with a friend. He helped me
shake out of the rut and see that the tune could go in
many directions. I went home and finished the piece.
Later I found that he had also written his own piece
based on the starting idea. Our two songs are quite
different, but share a common thread. Tuning: DADGAD
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Written for my wife as a welcome-home gift while she
was away on a weekend trip. Tuning: EADEAE
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Named after a memorable mid-air maneuver by my cat as
I was working on the piece. Tuning: DADEAD
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People tell me this tune reminds them of a game or
children playing, which inspired the title. Tuning:
Standard
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One of my favorite Beatle tunes. Tuning: DADGAD
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Dedicated to my father-in-law, who was overheard
saying that something “stuck out like a well thumb on
a sore hand”. I thought it’d make a good title, and
set out to write a piece in a “thumbpicking” style.
The tune itself was an attempt to capture some of the
style of one of my favorite guitarists, Pat Kirtley.
Tuning: EADEAE
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This is a favorite tune by a friend and fine guitarist
from Ketchikan, Alaska. Chris wrote this tune for his
daughter. The original recording can be found on
Chris’s CD, "Cedars of Ketchikan" Tuning: DADGAD
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This aire was completed while at a weekend workshop at
Laurel Mill Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Tuning: DADEAD
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This Fleetwood Mac tune was always one of my favorites
when I played electric guitar in a band, and it was
fun to revisit it on solo guitar. The tuning was
inspired by Stephen Bennett. I’d have never thought to
raise the low E string to F! Dedicated to Terri F.,
who has sung it more times than either of us can
count. Tuning: FADEAE
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I often play new songs for my wife and ask her to name
them. I played this one for her late at night. Tuning:
EADEAE
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Named for the Red Rock Coffee Company, in Mountain
View, CA, which hosts a popular weekly Open Mic.
Tuning: DADGBD
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The readers of the Usenet group
rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (RMMGA) organized a
project in which we arranged a traditional tune, and
then shared and compared each others’ arrangements.
This was my contribution. Tuning: DADGAD
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This tune was inspired by several John Renbourn tunes
I was working on while preparing to attend a workshop
with John. Unfortunately, my flight was to leave on
Sept 12, 2001. As I finished the tune, I found myself
reflecting on the events of that week and how people’s
lives can be changed by forces they cannot control.
Tuning: EADEAE
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I originally envisioned this tune as a duet, and first
recorded a version with multiple guitars, bass and
drums. This is a reworked version for solo guitar. My
wife says it sounds like something I should be playing
on a row boat out on a lake at night. Tuning: Standard
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I wrote this song as I was finishing this CD. I had a
guitar tuned to a tuning I don’t normally use, and
this tune appeared. Tuning: Open G.
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Just the sort of meandering type of thing one might
play on a quiet evening or a lazy afternoon. Tuning:
DADGAD
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