Bluegrass --- this is a style of music that I grew up with and attended many bluegrass festivals in my younger days with brothers and local friends and musicians.

Watching those cats picking banjo, mandolin and fiddle on stage was awesome and only fueled the party atmosphere that always happened around our circle of vans, campfires and cold beer.

Ricky Skaggs, Jin & Jessie, Mac Wiseman, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and others never disappointed us with their great tunes. I cover these and other artists in my Bluegrass Section Here.

Country --- As a kid there was always music happening around the house as two older brothers and one older sister played guitar, and my dad a bit as well. So it should be no surprise that this category is the largest on the site here.

Not many a day would pass when George Jones, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and others were not invading the airwaves in my house. Many artists including Emmy Lou Harris, John Anderson, Kenny Chesney, Waylon and Willie, Alan Jackson and others make up this section. It's divided into 4 areas of female artists, country bands, older country and newer country but each area can be accessed from links at the top of each page. Visit my Country Section Here. 

Folk --- This style of music exploded in the 1960's from artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot and others. Although fingerpicking type songs are popular in this genre, I don't teach fingerpicking on this site. But many folk songs that use fingerpicking can be covered off using rhythm.

I have a variety of male and female artists in this section including, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Don McLean, Harry Chapin, John Prine, Patty Griffin and many more. Check out my Folk Section Here.

Irish --- Sort of like the Christmas section, which is a seasonal section, St Patricks Day in Feb brings out the Irish in us all. However, there are some great ballad type numbers in this area as well as the standard traditional Irish bands such as The Dubliners, Tommy Makem, The Irish Rover and others.

One thing I know for sure is that you can never go wrong playing some old Irish standards at a party. Whether people know the words or not, there is no better sing-a-long style of music to get people singing and toes a tappin' than a few traditional Irish numbers. View my Irish Section Here.

Pop --- This category includes well knows artists such as Adele, George Michael, John Mayer, Ricky Martin, The Jonas Brothers and more.

Sometimes Pop and Rock artists could cross over into the same genres, but I wouldn't consider any of the above artists as rock musicians, so this category was created.

Drop by and check out the artists in my Pop Section Here.

1950's --- I wasn't around during these wild days but man alive, there were some great songs came out of this decade. Elvis, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, The Everly Brothers all played a part in changing the landscape of music forever.

It's always great to go back and build lessons from those artists who were a part of the wild and crazy 50's and the birth of RnR. View the 50s Section Here. 

Vegas --- How do you classify this era of songs other than to say these big band type numbers is what you'd see in a place like Las Vegas.

Artists like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Barry Manilow and others present that sort of big band era of music with heavy orchestration component to it and so these are the types of tunes you'll find in this section.

Some artists like Willie Nelson and Rod Stewart are in here because of the Vegas type of song they've covered. And I may have to add more songs to this category soon. View my Vegas Section Here.