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Here is a live song from a teacher's concert at my wife's music school. My wife played the piano, the other piano teacher played the drums and I was a guest that evening, playing a Burny jazz archtop guitar. The song is called Spirit Song.

Here's my attempt at Laurence Juber's "The White Pass Trail." This piece is special for several reasons: 1. It's one of my favorite originals by one of my favorite players. 2. It's in DADGAD tuning. 3. There's a lot going on: hammers, pulls, bends (both subtle and full step), slides, frailing, slap harmonics, percussion, just a little muted rhythm, and a pinch harmonic where the 24th fret would be if I had a 24th fret. Some of those things are going on simultaneously. I did some things differently than LJ does (some of them actually on purpose 😀). I changed the transition to the percussive section with a brief lick and the aforementioned 24th fret harmonic. I also changed the transition to the outro. If you've heard the original, you know he plays a little blues lick there. I've never really felt like that belonged, so I changed that bar. This piece is a little above my ability level, but I gave it a shot. No one was injured in the making of this video, so here it is.

Thanks, Mandy, glad you liked it.