I’m delighted to be returning to the Hood Arms in Kilve on Friday, October 16, 2026, for another evening of live acoustic music. I made my debut at the pub in April this year and it turned out to be a hugely popular night, so I’m really pleased to have been invited back. The Hood…
Another of my favourite chords to really love – this time Emadd9 a really simple chord that has a haunting quality to it. It has various names including Emadd2 but for the sake of this blog lets just say Emadd9 is the common term. This chord is played with finger positions 022002 or my preferred…
Welcome the the first post in my favourite chords series. The great joy of playing guitar is the infinite number of sounds that can be created. Over the next year I will be posting my favourite chords with notes and playing positions for anyone starting out on their guitar journey. To kick this off I…
Welcome to a new website to love and after many years of using my old faithful blogspot I have now migrated into the 21st century. The new site has history, a gallery of images from over the years, a direct contact page, testimonials from happy clients, live recorded tracks to listen to, a full list…
My altered tunings series kicks off with DADGBD, also know as double drop D tuning this is great for getting the lovely drone sound I like so much. I play a version of Bruce Springsteen’s song Two Hearts in this tuning as well as my take on Kate Rusby’s Underneath The Stars and Iron &…
This year’s Luttrell Arms Hotel music festival starts on July 21 and ends on Sunday, July 23, with some great local musicians including Bob Gallie, Samphire and The Understairs. I will be playing live from my vast repertoire of classic and modern songs on Saturday, July 22 from 2.30pm until 4.30pm and I am really…
