New Chart: “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson

Today's chart is "Poor Little Fool," a 50's pop/rock number performed by Ricky Nelson, but written by a 15-year-old Sharon Sheeley, who pretended her car broke down in front of Nelson's house in order to get him to listen to the tune. That's courage. Or pride. Or innocence. Any way you call it, it's awesome. Here's the chart. Notice that ...

New Chart: “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond

Next up: A chord chart of Neil Diamond's classic singalong song, "Sweet Caroline." Click here to go to the chart. When I was writing this chart for my beginning guitar student, I struggled and failed to find an easy way to approximate the intro melody on guitar. Advanced guitarists could probably make up a simple chord-melody arrangement, playing the melody ...

New Chart: Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men

The first chart of my 30 Charts in 30 Days series is “Little Talks,” a song chosen by Mark DiFlorio’s drum student Tess for the Spring 2013 Coffee Shop Jam. Here’s the chart. So fun singing this duet with a talented young singer and drummer (and great to have Brady Millard-Kish’s son Luca on keys). You’ll notice I embedded the …

30 Charts in 30 Days

Ready for a month of new music? I'll be uploading the following charts I've written for my students in the past year, posting one chord chart per day for the next 30 days. If you see a favorite song below, let me know and I'll put it on the fast track. Otherwise, I'll just post 'em alphabetically. Hope you enjoy ...

Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” Rig

This is the first article in a new series I'm calling Gear of the Gods: Sneak peeks of the guitar equipment used to record classic songs. I'd like to thank guest blogger Dave Wirth of The School of Feedback Guitar for researching and writing this. For those of us who were not lucky enough to see Jeff Buckley perform, we ...