Homeskoolin’ Volume 59, Tom Bukovac, “Cardboard Cut Outs In The Shade”

A brief chat on tone and Covid era sports.
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[@noisesoundtonevibe]

"Uncle Larry's a late bloomer". There's a t-shirt right there.

[@GuitarJawn]

"Late Bloomer" on the front with a psychedelic flower. PRINT IT

[@eaglerayrob]

The moral of the story is "Uncle larry's a late bloomer". If you don't know the story, you need some "Homeskoolin".

[@erikzen1]

Coffee mug

[@MarkJMusic2022]

Hey Tom - Don't know why but this loop really brought strong memories of my wife, Rhonda. Just for some reason sounded like her an I listening to music on a summer afternoon with the sliding door open and a nice breeze coming off the canal we used to live by when we first got married in 1984 . Brought up a strong emotion. Thanks for the memory. Love it.

[@VodkaSelekta]

I had the exact same memory. It was weird because I wasn't born in 1984, nor was I married to someone called Rhonda.

[@thirdfiddle3652]

If Tom was in a great band, he would be certainly rated as one of the best guitar players of all time... I'm just speechless...

[@DustinDecker]

He's already achieved that and then some.

[@jimspencer4413]

I’ve been a long-distance fan of his for years, but until the pandemic and his tube show I really had no idea, not just about the depth & range of his taste, technique & ‘song vocabulary’, but what an absolute sweetheart of a guy he is- he has definitely helped 1000’s & 1000’s of (mostly) guitarists get through a long, tough year

[@stratosphere6232]

Hey Tom, you already made 2020 not to be a complete failure. Cheers

[@stratosphere6232]

Nice you mention J.D. Simo, also a beast of a guitarist. Different style

[@panop1725]

Your chord progression are always so good.

[@beemelonhead1]

1:57 I heard some "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" vibes... beautiful playing as usual uncle Larry 🥀

[@Sammy86]

1:37 too.. good catch

[@jasonhartelius]

came here to post this same thing. whole lotta gilmourish stuff going on in there!

[@walterredaelli7507]

Yesssssss....

[@paulkontz]

Tom: Oh, Lord! 16, 17 minutes, gotta go!... Me: 😦💭(still staring at my phone 2 minutes later) what just happened !?

[@stevekirby7333]

Hey Tom, those last couple minutes were a couple lessons in themselves. I've grown to appreciate melody over licks much more since watching you. You don't "prattle" on the guitar. Clear, concise musical statements. What a gift.

[@smellytele9629]

The chord voicings... just... good lord. So good. I've spent the past few weeks working on how you play scales vertically using two adjacent strings for the neighbor tones. The next few weeks are gonna be the chords from this vid. You are a true treasure, thank you for all of these great vids, it's always a HUGE highlight of my days.

[@LeoAmuedo]

You need to make a CD with all of this pieces and that concept.....it is beautiful..if you don't do that I do it heheheheh. I didn't know you before (I am sorry for that) but i am now a big fan of your playing !!!

[@Aaronius_Maximus]

Tom, I live for your video intros. They inspire me to grab my guitar every damn time!!! Your advice and this channel in general have helped me tremendously as a musician. Sometimes it just takes the right person to explain certain things before you REALLY get it, and you sir are that person. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

[@mikebeechey8592]

Those chord voicings at the end are unbelievable!! Some of the sweetest sounds I've ever heard, thank you for sharing & showing. I can't confirm or deny if I've heard these before in my half century of listening & appreciating music, but you've definitely triggered something to awaken the senses to be able to hear & enjoy those incredible chords. I know for a fact I've never played them or been able to, and now that I have & can, part of me feels completely satisfied & happy. Thank you!!

[@jseptoski]

Yo Tom, I recently realized that my guitar playing time with a straight clean tone has probably tripled since you started these videos. Thank you!

[@stuartlindberg1228]

Hey Tom, Longtime listener, first-time caller. Home Skoolin' makes me feel like the kid from "The Ballad of Curtis Loew." True, you're not quite the wizened dobro player of my imagination, but beggars can't be choosers in these trying times. Speaking of Skynyrd, in an early video you offered Steve Gaines as the most underrated guitar player in rock and roll, and that's a great shout, but for my money, it's Paul Kossoff; dude had a savage vibrato and guitar face that puts yours to shame. Anyway, these videos have helped me push past a long, frustrating plateau in my own playing. Turns out mindset is everything! Thanks.

[@gabrired]

Thank you Tom, great tune, my favorite so far! Beautiful chord progression

[@MR-ug5cu]

"Hey Tom" Love watching you Play I wish I could have meet you or someone like you years ago while in school. I think "Right Now" - Is the perfect time! More Wah Wah and Cowbell !!! I Hope You Bless the World with one of the Greatest Song Ever!!! E.G. Tom Bukovac & Co. Do It Tom

[@craiggarwoodguitarist.4736]

Hey Tom, you have such beautiful melodies that just flow from you, its an endless well to quench our thirst and bathe our tired souls at. .Thanks x

[@johncaban5731]

Hey Tom, that was some of the best 17 minute ever. Thank you.

[@aaronburch1]

Ain't got nothing but love for ya Uncle Larry. Homeskoolin has been a source of inspiration and entertainment over these dark months. I really appreciate you. Thanks!!!!

[@pauldavis5489]

Tom, your playing is amazing, I think the timing of your album happened now for a reason. You are truly amazing to listen to playing and your insights are so truly deep felt. I can't wait till your album comes out. Thank you for your lessons!

[@CFAinNoVA]

The playing to start this episode is unreal in its emotion. Thank you Tom.

[@mdc58]

I'm working my way through your videos. I'm back on HS 12 at this time. Two things: 1. Tulsa Native so I dig the shout outs to The Guitar House. 2. After 40+ years, with an axe in my hands every day, I hit a wall. I stopped wanting to play months ago. Wasn't feeling it. You sir have single-handedly rekindled my desire. I got out the guitar for the first time since an outdoor gig 6 weeks ago. Plugged in and the ground wire on the input jack came loose. I'm still going to play damn it as soon as I can find my soldering iron. Anyway, thanks for pulling me out of my funk. -Mike

[@akinfar]

I love sitting down with my guitar, trying to figure out the chords in your loop as it goes by live, then sit back and listen to story. Then go back and piece back the musical nuggets that I left behind. Thanks Larry, late bloomer here too. Great episode.

[@0226lauren]

Ever since I’ve been watching and listening to your channel, I find myself a more melodic player. 🙏 for that Tom.

[@phillipwalsh7648]

Gorgeous chord voicings and beautiful touch. Love it!

[@two-tone6934]

You are an amazingly soulful player. Thanks Uncle Larry.

[@samn314]

Very cool to go back and listen to the episodes that inspired the songs that comprise Plexi Soul.

[@dckstrat90]

Hey Tom, I've been playing lead guitar in a folk/bluegrass group for a while now and just found my way in to being the rhythm (and only) guitarist in a 10-piece brass band, along with bass+drums keepin' the beat. G*d damn is rhythm hard. I've been very humbled. I've learned that keeping the time on "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" by the Blues Brothers without making a mistake is nothing short of a miracle. Anyway, please keep up this stream of knowledge. We love it.

[@tomragle]

Hey Tom, thanks for all your heart and generosity. You're making a difference in this mad world. Been wondering, what state of mind do you have to be in to perform at your best? How do you get there? How do you know when you're not?

[@TheOKEFENOKI]

Hey Tom! I'm a 50 year old Guitar Player from Austria. Slovenia is our neighbouring country. I'm a Player for almost 40 years. It's sometimes hard to get inspired after all those years. But since you're doing these wonderful Videos I know exactly where to look for Inspiration. Thank you very much!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@wallqvistphotography4937]

So great to hear this song before it was recorded and finalized. Been listening to this album over and over.. wonderful stuff!

[@darinjanzenmusic7070]

Man, that's the kind of playing you only learn through pain and loss, just being human. Thanks for letting your soul bleed out a little for us

[@lastnote]

Man would I kill to hear "Cardboard Cut Outs in the Shade" live.

[@scottpeterson9609]

Pretty sure that may happen tonight............

[@RipVDub]

Uncle Larry, love the skoolin' I've been gitin'. TB inspired progression: Bm7 (7th fret) | Dm7 (10th fret) | Fm7 (13th fret) - (diminished sound) | F#7 b2/C# in the bass (9th fret) - the b2 is the G on the 8th fret/2nd string - this last chord is a C7 shape with C# in the bass. Direct TB influence on that last chord. Appreciate the learnin' Doctor!

[@oldbluzguy]

Don't know how many young players have been watching your videos, but I love your teaching on chords.

[@philroselle1514]

Hey Tom, thank you again for being somthing to look forward to during this very strange year, Dear 2020 Wrong hole Sincerely, Everyone

[@randyrothschild7340]

Hey Phil! Couldn’t have said it better!

[@johnshanesyandtheaccommoda1189]

😂😂😂 nailed it dude

[@sekritiv]

Hey Tom, been tuned in the show since the early quarantine days, before it was Home Skoolin'. Had a pretty bad eye infection this week and went back through all these videos again while laid out unable to do much but listen to the spectacular advice given here. Thank for this man, much love from the Caribbean 🙏❤️

[@electroKrunch]

Some of the most beautiful sounding chords are so simple to accomplish!

[@gavinnoble1]

The Dave Gilmour influence is just pouring through in the intro! Awesome as usual Uncle Larry :)

[@davidvistas7556]

So glad to see JD Simo getting mentioned on your channel Tom! Much deserved (:

[@alexbozas887]

Hey Tom, holy shit man...that was something special! What blows me away is not your flipping awesome soloing, but the mesmerizing chord sequences, and then you segway into something like another key and sequence. How do u develop those chord sequences. , writing tunes I get stuck in a cool 3 or 4 chord loop and trying any other sequence or Segway just is like banging your head against a cheesy door trying to find something that compliments. Can u please talk about that. Man loving the series, keep up the great playing. Thanks

[@mikemoffatt6610]

I love all your videos, the intro jam usually being my favorite part, but I keep coming back to this one! Probably my favorite. From time to time I listen to it while I'm havin' my morning cup of joe. Its so mellow and chill.

[@tonytoy3939]

That is the nastiest. Man what a sound. Thanks Tom.

[@easyriderm13]

You. They are great for letting your growing legions take so much of your time. I know it’s a labor of love for you though, so thanks again .

[@jetset9561]

Just arrived home from a week's break with family to find this in my inbox - beautiful intro Tom and now the work can really begin: Back to Lesson 1 with my guitar to put all of Uncle Larry's lessons to proper use.

[@johnbates9040]

This is pure gold from start to end, love the loop and playing and the comments especially about backing a singer then those chord voicings, thanks man

[@danholabaugh6299]

Thanks Tom. Your ability to search out the proper chord voicings and and then weave it all together are really incredible. That combined with your control of volume and tone (as you discussed in this video) do such an amazing job of leading the listener through the music from one spot to the next. Truly inspirational. I'm just an amateur, but you have me picking up my guitar after every episode to search for a little bit of that magic fairy dust. Thank you. -Dan

[@besaina77]

You make me fall in love with chords!! Thanks uncle Tom!

[@dlbonbass]

Loved the Kalamazoo reference. Lived there in the Sixties and early Seventies. Gibson. 225 Parsons Street.

[@joeurbanowski321]

❤the guitar.. the sounds.. the bass.. very cool 🥸

[@gregm6]

Buk is great. Unique approach and great guitar voice. Covid and 2020 brought you out and Were thankful.

[@easyriderm13]

Hey Tom, your Sagitarian disciple here. Hope you’re doing well man. Man, whatever you do, keep going farther out man. That track was bad ass man. For me, it was like Alice Cooper, circa 1972 or 73, but with this cool modern twist. I love it. If you never go back to the easily accessible, then so be it. Dude, don’t look back, cause I bet there’s a hell of a lot of us who’ll be glad to take that ride on the time machine with you! Take care Brother, and sincerely, thank your family as well as

[@MJKauz]

Hey Tom, Was really in the mood for some pancakes the other day when I swung by the Farmland Cafe en route from Wisconsin back to home in New York. But when I saw "The Session Man" on the menu, I had to have it. Great way to start a day that included a few pre-CBS guitars and some gorgeous Martins. Owners hopefully gave you my info for your free beer delivery but I'm glad you were having a good time at the studio. Free beer offer still stands next time I'm back in Nashville.

[@noisesoundtonevibe]

Holy hell man. That intro. I felt that. Platinum touch.

[@aaronboothe283]

Insert a Wayne’s world “we’re not worthy” reaction after that intro!

[@dirtpoorss1978]

Yes, that intro was pure fire.

[@radosawbarc3900]

I like this lesson wery much

[@codettasouth]

TOM! Dude, near about 15:37 when you showed the chord progression, solo’d over it, and then played the chord progression for a few more bars- that was HUGE for me. It allowed me the chance to play behind you and even take a short solo myself to try out some of those licks you showed us. Please please please do that again at some point. Thanks!!

[@rjguitbox3267]

Thank you, Tom. See you soon.

[@Ace80forever]

Love that boogie in the background. That thing is a national treasure!

[@andyhbassman]

The best thing on the web. End of. Nothing close. Love it.

[@RJD0314]

I'm still playing catch up on the vids, randomly watching ones I haven't seen. This was a favorite by far because it illustrates an important truth about contemporary guitar playing. I'm 55 and have been playing for 40+ years. On a good day I can solo pretty well over about any progression (within reason). Where I am lacking is CHORD KNOWLEDGE. Spent so many of my formative years learning the riffs and licks and feel but I neglected an expansive CHORD KNOWLEDGE. So, if you're young(er) and learning guitar , take it from this old geezer and be like Tom. Study the chords! Once you learn that, the places you can go, making music with your guitar will be endless. Did you notice how he grabbed those complex versions of chords without even looking? You don't learn that by just copying an artist's riffs and licks all the time. Thanks for teaching REAL guitar, Uncle Larry!

[@Neuri]

Sooooooooo you played every chord ever.. Godam you are a bad boi dude.. My playing is vastly changing daily because of your kind sharing and obvious lifelong ultimate sacrifice to the instrument Sir, Thanks from the Steel City Sheffield England Tom.

[@alexbostelle287]

Hopefully this forum continues to give you the freedom and opportunity to show us your experimental side....its the icing on the cake.

[@kenbelliveau16]

That was as seasoned solo! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@philroselle1514]

Just such incredible touch and feel!! Killer

[@iDannyism]

Man, when we see you with this guitar, you two are like old friends sitting down and just having a chat. So cool.

[@Golf_England_Tottenham]

That was classy man, beautiful playing. Just what my hangover needed!

[@PastelComGini]

Thanks for the lesson, Tom.

[@trav_mill]

Hey Tom, can you talk a little about the Elvis tribute you were a part of and what it was like?

[@glennwhitlock1272]

Tom! Tommy!! Uncle Larry!!! You is so endlessly clever with them chord voicings, innit? I've been using lockdown to really expand my knowledge chords. Then you come along and it's like someone has opened a jar of caviare after I've pigged out on fish fingers. You just wipe that big fat greasy smile off my face (in a good way). It's a bitter-sweet moment of realization that I'm just scratching the surface.

[@alstiver]

Awesome playing and super cool P.A.F. t-shirt. Outstanding content as always, thanks Tom!

[@eugenestein278]

Omg, why did you stop!? That ending was amazing!!! Thanks Tom.

[@norbertbojarski3981]

Wow, that bit you did at the end (last 4 or so minutes when you lost track of time) was some of my favourite stuff Tom. Captivating!!

[@chrislestermusic]

You really are great at speaking to us as if we’re in the room with you. I will be referring to these videos for years to come.

[@markkennedy1022]

Hey Tom, Loved that one - thanks from London

[@2dazetake]

Hey Tom your both inspiring and also somebody that makes us want to give it up, as soon as I watch a new episode of home schooling, it's right back to practicing all day,,gotta get as familiar as you are with the fretboard.

[@dieterbierman9803]

Ah! Thanks for letting that last note ring out just enough this time, but only just.......... Beautiful man!

[@LorriSanga]

Take a bow Tommy, the PlexiSoul version of this is forever playing.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

00:00-03:35 oh man. I want to be able to do that. SO GOOD.

[@karasimsek7117]

Hey Tom, your playing, Tone and Emotion is best on That White Strat! Never Ever sell that Instrument. Tanks for your free Lessons. You are really an Inspiration

[@stanmuso1]

The old boogie top sounds fabulous, what a clean sound..

[@RussShirley1]

Love your chordal landscapes, great tonal choices Tom, and a hell of a cool t-shirt!

[@tomcicchelli]

Stashing the pick under the ring finger and pinky...very cool, thanks.

[@normalpeople5702]

Thanks as always! The way you describe listening and playing like a producer makes so much sense to me. I am a writer, singer, and guitarist in that order. I'm watching in part because I would like to be a better guitarist, but the way you described that mindset is the way I have always felt. I am almost compusively thinking about the audience experience, worrying they are getting bored, overwhelmed, or getting some other bad taste in their mouth and working to prevent that. If I get too far in my own head it's bad, but I think it has made me a better writer and performer.

[@MagnusPejlert]

Hey Tom! My wah of choice is a George Dennis GD30. Optical and scratch free, with a longer sweep than the normal vox/dunlop-style!

[@ronnierutledge4256]

Hey Tom, each time I listen to you jam it’s obvious to me how many musicians have influenced your playing. I was a big fan of STP and I still am because of Dean and Robert Deleo’s ability to bring out all their influences more and more each album. I’m excited to hear what you and Dean have been working on! Any chance Robert will be playing on any of the tracks? Thank you for all your videos. I’m rewatching them all with my guitar in hand and trying to jam along 🎸

[@kyekennedy7507]

Hey Tom, I think what I enjoy most about your videos are your composition skills. You are a great music writer! License that shit.

[@501chorusecho]

Thank you dude very kind of you to say

[@johnvcougar]

Cardboard cutouts: It's gonna look like the cover of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. Worked for them ;-)

[@jeff4310]

Hey Tom, I love your "guitar face". So much emotion goes into your playing!

[@thesunman108]

You are the man, man.

[@philipStClair-mm4jq]

You’ve just started and I love it already!

[@CroakyFoakie]

What great chords, beautiful

[@juiceman1807]

ooh my my, this intro is f*cking cool. Thank you Tom I needed that.

[@JimFothergill]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@frankkovac8357]

"The Arsenal of Tone". A great name or title... Always awesome... Thanks

[@Stearnsstone]

One of your best.

[@coosmomusic9948]

Hey Tom, you’re great! Always been

[@frogdogify]

Hay Tom, I don’t know what mode or tone you’re playing but it’s got me in the right mood. Cheers to your Passion

[@eaglerayrob]

Terry Kath (RIP), solo on "25 or 6 to 4", great solo and use of wah-wah pedal.

[@tomcoryell]

EagleRayRob Terry Kath spun my head around with that solo!

[@bobbylatina3733]

I’ve never been a wah pedal guy either. Marc Ford is a bad ass wah guy.

[@Online_ToughGuy]

MFF! My all time favorite.

[@bobbylatina3733]

Larry Lampshade me too!

[@jdh3121]

Third that, he's a bad boy!

[@JimmyRadloff]

I really want a wah pedal