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Dad’s Old Regal Guitar
A few years ago my father’s 1935 Regal guitar was in sad need of repair. It was of good lineage, in the 1930 the Chicago-based company was one of the…
Quantiflies
Quantiflies have invaded the USA!
2021 Spring Lessons
Hello everyone! I wanted to share my Spring course catalog entries for Intro and Band in case anyone still wants to join. It’s going to be a busy Spring so…
Rum & Coca-Cola
That 1944 recording of “Drinkin’ Rum and Coca-Cola” by the Andrews Sisters was the third best-selling record of the 1940s, behind Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and Patti Page’s “Tennessee Waltz.”…
On being a teacher
Compliments from students make teaching so worthwhile. The below comments are from students in my two group classes. It’s my fifth year teaching and some of them have been with…
Interview on the Sonny Melendrez podcast
About a year ago I did an interview for the radio show of a Toastmaster buddy, Sonny Melendrez, to talk about my musical journey, the ukulele, and to teach him…
Bob gives online ukulele lessons
Hi again everyone! I wanted to take a moment to reconnect with you all. Everyone knows that the pandemic the last few months has disrupted all our lives. Some of…
Events To Come?
It looks like most of my gigs for the coming few months will be canceled — hopefully just postponed — until further notice. The live music scene in San Antonio…
Lessons Update
To all my students, I will be in contact with you with new information about lessons and scheduling soon!