Homeskoolin’ Volume 388, Tom Bukovac, “The Feed Trough & The Egg Basket”

Tom Bukovac heats up the tubes in old narrow panel tweed Deluxe on a snowy day in the not so Deep South….and also recounts the ancient tale of “the basket and the trough” (that’s pronounced “troff” Stringlocker…you know, like one of those things cows eat out of?)

[@Mpcoluv]

That white hollow rarity might be your best sounding guitar.

[@501chorusecho]

There is no such thing as “best sounding” mate, there is only “best sounding for this particular song”

[@Fakano]

Had the same thought. Not knowing a single thing about music I thought that and then thought, "ah, he just woke up really happy and extra inspired :)" Tom you're amazing everyday, but that entrance on the guitar today... uffff!!! DAMN Uncle!!!

[@IsaacHaverlick]

Watching this video and my lady walks in and says “oh, I thought that was you playing.” Best damn compliment I’ve received in my entire life. I guess after a few years of homeskoolin something must have rubbed off. Thanks, Tom!

[@501chorusecho]

right on my brother...thank you for the sweet comment.

[@GreatbarrierislandtourismCoNz]

That's bloody great mate ! Love it !

[@tombeatty4792]

My wife would be like, "I knew that couldn't be you."

[@vpovince1001]

@@tombeatty4792exactly haha

[@Rutoast1]

@@tombeatty4792I imagined a very judgy look on the face of a woman I’ve never met and cracked up so hard! Hope you have a great weekend :)

[@Stephaneriquelme]

God that double neck sounds heavenly. Between the sound and your playing it almost sounds like a piano. Beautiful

[@501chorusecho]

Thank you mate …i appreciate the kind words

[@Addingtone67]

A years worth of lessons in one episode,...again ! Thanks Tom, You are the best disturbed Uncle anyone could ask for 👍

[@501chorusecho]

hahaaaaa.....your favorite delusional psychotic uncle who lies about his recording credits?

[@largeDH]

@@501chorusechouncle Larry Mitty. 😂

[@JakeBlues-dq9xg]

​@@501chorusecho a true sports bar blues man doesn't need nor desire recording credits

[@MrRhythmguitar]

@@501chorusecho Remember, you're never alone with a schizophrenic! 🤪

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Tom’s playing ranges from delicate flower to swaggering warlord effortlessly, that’s the thing I love most about his whole vibe.

[@thep2pband]

116 thousand home skoolers! You’ve created a guitar army with wit, wisdom & weapons of mass creativity!

[@telejazz5160]

Thanks Tom you have made my day . I'm sitting here in Melbourne Australia rocking back and forth in my chair, with a big smile on my face. Long may you rock. i love the sound of that double neck. I'm buying you a beer.

[@501chorusecho]

Thanks for the kind words mate!

[@klayton481]

No snow days when you're homeskooled....awesome as always Tom

[@olddogguitars23]

I’ll turn 58 next week and only started trying to play a few years ago. You inspired me to start taking actual guitar lessons late last year so I can understand at least a fraction of what you can do! Thanks for all you give us!

[@ptklip]

That is wicked cool, brother. Good job. It's so worth it.

[@skidrowe68]

This one will be on repeat for a few weeks! Thanks Larry!

[@onethousandtwonortheast8848]

I am a retired musician who made money for over two decades solely from making music. I can say you are giving great advice. I always had multiple income streams inside of the music business. Then I expanded into other sources as I aged. I’m glad I did. Ageism is alive and well.

[@geneparmesan8827]

You bend every note perfect !! Your one of the greats Tom

[@BrianOzuna26]

Man it’s a privilege to get this kind of content from arguably the best guitar player in the world

[@adam-yk6yd]

Truth

[@JohnViguerie]

Yass

[@matthewwillis4892]

Your wisdom is priceless, thankfully, as I am broke. Cheers Tom!

[@slowporch]

This is the best jam yet. Congratulations! 🎉

[@gbarge4]

A true Uncle Larry tour de force. Gorgeous and epic playing. Thanks from California.

[@scottkidwell3601]

Uncle Larry dropping wisdom, playing guitar, and making it look easy. I ended up becoming an electrician to feed the mouths. Now that the kids are grown, it feeds me playing music. Maybe I'll make it to Nashville for a visit... Be good to you 🙏🏻🤍

[@ChristianHazel]

Must be all that cold weather making Uncle Larry extra frisky but the last few jams have been especially on point 🙌

[@giovannifarinacci4533]

Yes, we've been schooled and really happy about it. Peace from Montreal, Canada.

[@tadmorrison]

Another Home Skoolin' masterpiece. Thanks!

[@jimmyfrombrooklyn8550]

Wow, almost missed this one! 50% for inspiration 50% for aspiration- covered it all. What a wild ride with that DN! Sublime!

[@501chorusecho]

thank you buddy....that thing is one helluva party when you put it in your hands

[@MNGuitars]

Dude I friggin did it! I came home with the deluxe reverb reissue, $750..its a 1999, well worn in and im gonna try out a WGS ET-65 speaker that I have laying around, love it already tho wow! and the no balls is just as expected through it. Best part is the guy i bought it from is a fellow Home Skooler!! Cory if u see this thanx bud!!!! and thank u Uncle Larry again for taking time from your day to help a younger lad such as myself!!! Bunch of bangers in todays intro, love those maj7 voicings/progressions u do so effortlessly...the advice in todays class is amazing and can be and should be applied to all walks of life....peace out big bro, see ya in the next one

[@Beendoingnothing]

Dude, i was just thinking yesterday how cool it would be to hear you jamming out on the bass! You must be in tune with the universe! Really enjoying these videos. So relaxing! Rock on brother!

[@kirk8429]

You've created this expectation of amazment on all your intros. And you keep on delivering, like this rock gem.

[@Austin18025]

I love all your content Tom. Honestly the shop talk is awesome. I really appreciate you. Enjoy the snow!

[@donwershba2319]

Tom - Thanks for showing me a new way to play those major 7ths! One of my goals is to expand my knowledge of chord voicings and this really helped! Always a treat to hear you play.

[@NickGranville]

Very cool man! Love that progression and the context you played it in. Those Voicings are awesome. Something hauntingly beautiful about it. Oh and I’m from New Zealand which is kinda like mini Australia. Ha. Not that it matters, thanks for all you do. Cheers bro

[@501chorusecho]

haha sorry mate

[@NickGranville]

@ ha, all good man. Thanks for posting the vid.

[@jeff4310]

I love your Johnny Cash mentality regarding the handling of instruments; "They're a musician's tools, not museum pieces. Treat them as such."

[@micd9531]

Loved the chat! You, my friend, are living the dream. Glad you and your son enjoy what TN has to offer. 👍

[@thesir1237]

Loved this so much, but you killed me at the very end, the last seconds. Haha

[@ericschuppert9011]

That was effin awesome, thanks for making my day!

[@dukeh62]

That double neck floors me every time you pick it up. Really has something special.

[@Brainiac22]

Man, just incredible!! The TONE on that double neck, produced by your brilliant playing, is just sublime. Be listening to that over and over…

[@AKJordansKids2009]

The atmosphere of feel after he tunes at 7:15.. I want to play with such feeling. I had to pause it, I'm overcome. Thank you!!!

[@vpovince1001]

Uncle Larry always giving great advice that you can apply in other ways than just the music business.

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

When you kicked on the distortion on the octave neck, I immediately nodded in agreement and said "fuck yeah!" out loud LOL. That's a really sweet axe.

[@discotex2236]

I got my wish when you set down the bass and picked up that double neck. I love it when you play that song!

[@padovann]

Man maybe it’s my fanboy-itis but I would love to hear every one of these video jams turned into songs. You’re a beast UL! Happy Friday

[@501chorusecho]

thank you mate

[@dianeramos5829]

I always get so happy when I check your channel to see another masterful video is waiting! Two in one day is even better!🙂🙃🥰

[@501chorusecho]

thank you

[@gwbuilder5779]

I remember buying a Circle of 5ths chart with the spinning dial when I was 10 years old. Took me a while to figure it out because the Fifths went one way and the Fourths went the other. Eventually it started to make sense. I found another one about 30 years ago that used as a chord chart reference, majors, minors, and all that. After the stroke it was my charting map for familiar chord families and a great way to relearn the common chords and notes between the different keys and transitions. So much useful information all in one place! Enjoy the wintery weekend, Tom. So many memories to be made.🤙

[@milestranemonk]

Hey Tom, thanks for breaking out the old double neck. My ears love the sound of that instrument. Along with the 58 Goldie, white double neck episodes are the ear tastiest. Thanks for the treat!

[@AaronMarshall-ou812]

Hey Tom, this must be your cold weather blizzard celebration tune🎉! Great tune, great tone, as usual! Thanks man, 👍 Rock and roll! Lots a snow around Knoxville TN,

[@tommyraper3895]

Love that guitar, Little Tommy, I forget how great it sounds until you pull it back out! Glad you keep that one!

[@charlesfaucher6518]

One of your most valuable and insightful videos you’ve done to this day Tom. Your experiences in the music word should be cherished and absorbed. Thank you!

[@JeremyHorn]

Everything Uncle Larry plays is always in tune and if you really know what's up, you know that's really freaking hard to do. My hats off to you sir. You are the GOAT.

[@EB81808]

Thanks uncle Larry! Great class today love the double neck Gibson. Never knew they made an “octive” double!! Wow so cool!!

[@SteveCooley-w3y]

Thank you for all the inspiration...It's heartwarming for an old hack like me.

[@joejatek2261]

Amazing intro loop-craft, and then that second bit had my ears perked; very interesting, loved it. Always the truth. The finish cracked me up again with the Soundcloud page freeze! Bravo, Uncle. Bravo! Save this shit for Plexi Soul II !!!

[@the_kings_musician]

You are kicking ass with the double neck. You know that it doesn’t matter what day of the week, what the politics of the day is, you just groove over dem’ chords and keep doing what you are doing. Kick ass dude! I wish I had your job.

[@joshellyson]

Now that is some great advice to put in our pipes and smoke Uncle Larry. Learning that Circle of 4/5ths is a great way to also learn your fretboard too!. And lastly, man, your fingers really bring the magic out of that double-neck.

[@501chorusecho]

thank you josh

[@richardthewanderingbard7892]

Now you've done it... I love the sound of that old double-necked box.

[@Otis_the_bull]

Thanks for breaking out the '58 double neck and blowing my doors off. Always love heraring the history of it and experiencing what it conjures out of ol Larry

[@501chorusecho]

of course bro...its always fun to play that beast

[@sv-yh3mq]

He does it so sublime

[@stringlocker]

Let's get it going. That's not a real 58.

[@greg3030]

@@stringlocker Yes it isn’t!

[@greg3030]

And it doesn’t sound any better than a new one😂

[@codypreston9577]

thank you for your wisdom Uncle Larry!

[@robertwilson6640]

Shades of Gary Richrath and REO....with the Uncle Larry twist......ALWAYS makes my foot tap. ALL that hard won knowledge you have. SO great to listen to........THANKS Tom.

[@501chorusecho]

thank you buddy

[@gtrdd]

Gary Richrath played a bitchin’ Burst 🫡

[@michaelnc4450]

Thx4All Tom! What excellent ideas for practice with a looper! Have a great weekend brother! 😎👍

[@mattstasi2413]

I always watch these episodes and leave thinking “man that’s one of the best pieces of music I’ve ever heard” then the next one comes out… that’s all.

[@Evilcolonel]

Uncle Larry had his coffee this morning. Dude's brain was absolutely cookin'.

[@kevinafflack]

That double neck is amazing. The little neck is perfect for when you dance around Stonehenge. Great life advice!

[@kevindean1327]

Or dancing around a fire in the middle of nowhere blitzed on ‘shrooms.

[@anthonynelson5443]

Took my ears on a Safari thanks for that 😂

[@dubdub4862]

dig watching you do whatchu do! Great !

[@TheFeelButton]

Mountains, beaches and isolation are my favorite. Happy snow day Tom!

[@jimmyfrombrooklyn8550]

It’s definitely in the right hands

[@stratmagic6893]

This jam is right up my alley. Those "Pretty As Fu$k" pickups on that double neck are amazing sounding.

[@kenwhisler]

Thank you for tuning your guitar. When I was in college, we cycled in 5ths. Only recently have I started to cycle in 4ths, and I like it! That pregnant pause got a little longer, there! 😂

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Man, the finish on that bass is killing me, I love it. I am a J Bass guy all day. If there’s an episode where you talk about that bass I have not seen it yet.

[@guitarhoarder1972]

dont ever sell that double neck Tom! that looks like a blast to play! ty for sharing !

[@501chorusecho]

such fun guitar....its the life of the party

[@uyngane]

Junior Brown's "Double Neck" is pretty cool too!

[@ronkresch9228]

Just applauded the opening jam….excellent!

[@callanturner4749]

Transfixed watching a master at work. 😮

[@hampyonce]

That was awesome. The loopty loop. Had my eyes drooling.

[@Caperhere]

I’m following you on your Soundcloud page.

[@501chorusecho]

I HAVE A SOUND CLOUD PAGE

[@sv-yh3mq]

Thanks for thinking of California. It does have alot of volatility, yet I can't give up on it.

[@tombeatty4792]

Same.

[@pangoroo]

Hey Tom, liked all your tunes on SC. I already have In Stereo but it’s great to have another option there. The 3 tunes I put up there are just some spontaneous playing I did with a couple friends while drinking a fair amount of beer. That’s the extent of my musical career..

[@skipfryesr.8916]

Oh yes some inspiration for the old man. Great tone and tasty licks sir. Have a great night friend !

[@chrischarles1468]

Man that first bit reminded me of some cool Southern Rock jam. It’s getting time for some new Uncle Larry recorded music. Be careful out in that snow. Us old guys don’t bounce or bounce back like we used to. Much love from NC.

[@VanInhalin]

kids sledding just reminded me of the all time GOAT nashville vid. Todd Sniders "Come to East Nashville"

[@ampgent]

Love the dynamics in Uncle Larry’s playing!

[@JohnJasilli]

Cool, you still got the double neck! Sounds fabulous even on my phone.

[@flyingstratosurfer6285]

Love that beautiful Paul Kossoff style vibrato!

[@ptklip]

I really enjoyed this episode. I do not have a Soundcloud page.

[@TheBigHeavies]

One of the best jams I’ve heard in a long time. Must have something to do with it snowing today. Larry loves the cold

[@501chorusecho]

thank you dude

[@TheBigHeavies]

@ absolutely man you’re killing it. Great advice too. Always heard growing up to put your eggs in multiple feed troughs and never pull out

[@Reformed_Hamburglar]

I lived in Nashville for 6 years. I met some great humans, great players and did a lot of gigs. I did not move to town to make it or even get an income stream because the lady worked 50+ hours a week whilst I brought up the kiddos. Just wanted to have experiences while we lived there for fun and meet great players and grow, that's it. I was amazed at how many people I met over 50-55 that I'd never heard of whose house was paid off from gigs. Not all road warriors, many locals too. And many of those cats weren't first call types. I was also amazed at how friendly the neighbors were when I rehearsed with groups. In Chicago you could reunite legends and the neighbors would complain. And in Chicago it was rare to meet a "musician" who owned a house on gigs alone if they weren't famous. However, what also amazed me? The amount of people my age and younger who were full timers that were living in town. But....but. When getting to know a good number of them? They weren't all surviving on the gigs, hell that was rare. Many of them loved only modern country and came from a bit of money, well perhaps even more than many. One guy would have a little house or big apartment, rent rooms cheap to friends and the place was bought by his pop while it was the buddies living there on low rent. A number of guys from well off families up to 2-3 hours out of town that could afford to drive in 5+ nights a week in 70K+ F-150's just to gig. My wife had the same experience at work. Many of her younger and same age co-workers on lower salaries had folks who bought or paid rent on their place. That allowed them to live around town, do okay and make only a modest amount of money but live comfortably. It reminded me of Wicker Park in Chicago, roots rock hipster paradise that once it became "it" the indie rockers you'd meet were all sons/daughters of upper class families who could pay 2K/mo to be hip versus the old "high fidelity" crowd that kept the heat off until late November just to save a buck. For both of us, it was like we were surrounded by a different class of people, sort of upper middle class to rich offspring. Yes, there are many musical opportunities but it just didn't feel like home as most of the artsy people we befriended when we moved to town sold their homes/condos for a profit and moved out! Rock block people, east side hipsters, serious long time locals on the block, friends who had spots downtown, so many up and left in the past 6+ years. After a few years all my friends were the old timers who owned their place. The reason I fell in love with Nashville was I knew a lady paying a few hundred a month living in the west end. We'd visit, walk downtown and on 20-30 bucks you could see monsters players, get lit and get fed. And the gigs weren't all a 2 hours drive apart! There's probably more opportunities than ever but even swinging the security deposit on a dump is probably a hurdle for 70% of the youth. We didn't know how popular town had become when we moved in, it took 3 trips to find a rental and we thought that was just bad luck! Heck, it was probably stupid to leave because our rent was 2/3 of what others were paying in similar comps.

[@Bond-dy6cb]

Doublin it up! Awesomeness…

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤ I’m out of grit city today on my Oregon Empire… gotta leave soon, trying not to think like that… I love this place. There’s only 250 people here

[@gicnajm]

I like to play for my 🐈 that it is far I go with playing. Could not imagine making money 💰 playing guitar 🎸. Tom is most talented musician. He plays the guitar like a piano. Thank you 🙏 for everything. Snow ❄️ d in here in West Virginia 😊

[@nickl2883]

Hey Tom, what a rockin intro. They’re always great but these last few have been so inspirational. They just got me playing the coolest shit. Thanks for that . Happy snow day.

[@joeldowdy404]

You got the best jams Uncle Larry, my favorites!! Sorry but I think I sent all the snow your way from North Texas, I apologize!!

[@johnk7147]

as much as love the casual hangs and chitchat, and I do love them. Some theory concepts are always cool coming from any session ace, especially Uncle Larry.

[@neenerheaddj]

Ugh. That doubleneck. God, I love that thing. Anyway, I’m just here to post my desire for a Plexi Soul vinyl repress and thank you for another great vidja. ❤

[@markbundy1694]

That guitar sounds absolutely amazing! 🤘🏼👍🔥AF

[@jamesf5963]

Best opening jam ever

[@501chorusecho]

Thank you bro

[@NotsoslimSkinner]

Sweet bass 😎

[@Foofang65]

The Green machine 😎

[@gr500music6]

The room sounds good with the door open. The definition of a perfect bass trap is an open window. Next best thing is to let pressure out and down the hall/stairs, whatever. Can't always get away with it, but...

[@fodiddlediddle5015]

Tom what song is this? Is this you off the cuff? Gdamn man... Just..so tasty and all the choices were right. You blow my mind. You're the jedi master Tom. Thanks for this. It's such a pleasure watching you on the fret board.

[@MikeTheEarGuy]

That advice applies to the “real world” not just to professional musicians. I was always taught as a kid in Chicago that you have to have a Plan B and it’s not altogether bad idea to have a plan C and a plan D ready to go to. I would think I was damn near 50 by the time I stopped working second job even though I didn’t need the money. The people you meet on crappy jobs just like Tom said they’re the ones who may be in a position to really give you a great gig when you really need it if they saw that on the crappy job, you did your best and you had a good attitude.

[@chrisdoyle8644]

Good Day sir and very good as usual ,thanks.

[@sonnyprewitt]

Love this loop!

[@brianolson_music]

Loved the rush at the end. I have a SoundCloud page

[@hazestevens6872]

that's some bad assery right there now! Bad ass bass...

[@CraigAWhelanJr]

First 10 minutes had some deep soulful moments.

[@apoxygraph]

that doubleneck's perfect for covering Ronson's mandolin parts on Welcome to the Club