Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi Christian ! This song is cheers me up today , much hope and touching in the song !
“ Sunrise always brings hope ”

Glad to hear that 李jiayang. I love Mike's solo in this song.

Such a great song made famous by Albert King. And Joe is playing Albert's guitar! Tomo's buddy Kirk Fletcher on lovely Les Paull
Thanks markos!
Kurt

And is that Reese Wynans on keyboards? Fabulous!

Thank you Markos ! Sharing beautiful music !

Slash was my first guitar hero! My first is my father! ❤️

That's a beautiful answer! I would say the same: first guitar hero is Dad.

That's a beautiful answer! I would say the same: first guitar hero is Dad.

Thank you Markos for sharing these!

Awesome!

Tomo

He sounds like a one-man orchestra!
Hard not to be inspired by what he can do with a guitar.
Thanks Linda!
Kurt

Thank you Linda for sharing!

Beautiful Nylon String Tone!
Diatonic 7th chords!
Aug V sound too!
So many parts you can learn!

Tomo

I had to get some headphones and chill to this one. I saw these guys Romero dynasty of classical Spanish guitar, father and sons played this old church in Denver back in early 2000s. It was a very inspiring time of amazing guitars filling up the place with nylon brilliance. Thank you for sharing and bringing back that memory :) - johno

John, I also had the surprise pleasure of seeing Pepe Romero live. Years ago, on a whim, went to a recital by one of the Romero grandsons. The grandson's normal accompanist got sick right before the performance, so the grandson said "My grandfather has offered to sit in as my accompanist. His name is Pepe Romero." Whoa! Plus the audience was flush with Romero family members who were there to support the grandson. A super enthusiastic bunch. What a grand affair.

Like you say, great memories.

This ia a perfect example of my unstated reason for starting this thread. I was really hoping for posts like this so I could discover some new music! Mission accomplished!

Thanks, johno!
He plays so clean and softly. Inspiring chord soloing. I recognize some of the chord shapes.
Sounds great on Sunday morning!
Kurt

Ah, feel the stress just melt away. Beautiful, Johno.

Thank you Johno for sharing this Classic Bossa Nova Chord!

You can learn these chords with R 3 7 voicings.

Tomo

Thank you Dustin for sharing your choices!

Very nice relaxed sound indeed!

Each summer I can hear some Grateful Dead jam sound from my far neighor.

Tomo

So cool, Tomo. I will listen to the entire album. You have mentioned Donny Hathaway many times.

Thanks, Tomo! I love this.
Willie Weeks on bass! Cornell Dupree was with Donny too!
I found out about this amazing album by reading about Derek Trucks' favorite albums.
Recorded at The Bitter End in NY and The Troubadour in LA. 1971

(I love the picture of you and Sammi at The Bitter End.
I've been to the Troubadour. Saw James Taylor and Carole King film their reunion show there).

Donny Hathaway – vocals, electric piano, piano, organ, arrangements
Phil Upchurch – lead guitar on side one
Cornell Dupree – lead guitar, backing vocals on side two
Mike Howard – guitar, backing vocals
Willie Weeks – bass, backing vocals
Fred White – drums, backing vocals
Earl DeRouen – conga drums, backing vocals`
Kurt

My pleasure Kurt! If I didnot listen this album or if I didnot know this album... I could not play with Steve Jordan. (He loves this album so much!!!)

Yes! Musicians are insane on this album!
Thanks for listing! That's why CD or record is better than online!

I played at the Bitter End.... One of my bucket lists is to play at the Troubadour (If I can pronounce it right first!) Excellent! You did!

Tomo

I spent the afternoon listening to Donny Hathaway. Another artist discovered!

Thank you Linda. This album is a bible of Soul Music!

Tomo

Thank you Kurt for sharing this video!

Shingo took my tape lessons when he was 18 hoping that he can learn how to play solo!
According to him... I didnot teach anything about solo but all about R 3 7 Swing Groove, Triads, triads and triads for over one year! He didnot quit! He studied with me for 3 years.

Guess what? I got rid of all his bad habits! He became very patient person! Now he knows more jazz phrases than me! It was a pleasure to jam with him. This one is the first take and only one shot! (I only explained him about this song form and arrangement before we jam)

That Ibanez AZES is just one off from Ibanez team!

You're very welcome! More videos are coming!

Tomo

Kurt, OMG, thank you for sharing this!! I was not aware of Shingo, but clearly he flat out gets it. And Tomo wearing his GW t-shirt as he unleashes a burner of a solo. What great music. Thanks so much! Love those Ibanez guitars!

Job well done, guys.

Wow! This is even better after hearing about your relationship with Shingo. You really help people!

Interesting to watch how he moves his thumb around so lightly.
This is inspiring!
Kurt

Thank you Linda!

Lovely Pink AZES!

Tomo

Thank you Kurt!

Shingo really wanted to learn about soloing from me since he loved SRV so much!
He was hoping.... but I taught him Super Slow Chromatic Scale Exercise, R 3 7 Swing Groove, Bb Blues Etude, Bending Technique, BB King Style and Triad Inversions. A lot of detail techniques. Acoording from Shingo, I repeated same lesson materail over and over!

We always joke about this... If Shingo was impatient... then he could quit right before one year... He told me that he really glad that he studied with me over 3 years! Now he go his musical freedom that he can write music, produce songs... He is doing so great!

My job is to make people smile!

Tomo