Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I love this guys voice, so clear!

Is that you on guitar Tomo?
They are super tight!
Vocals, guitar, drum, bass, synth

“Livin’ that overtime life”…I hear that man! They must be engineers in the bay! Haha

Thank you Sunil.

No. Great band! I played 4 songs on their last double album. You can look up.
Live at the Capitol Theatre

Love it!

Tomo

Will do!

Singer kind of sounds like Jamiroquai!

Totally agree with the Jamiroquai voice.

Love this! Never heard this before!
Thanks for posting Clay!
So much soul and feeling…how can he reach those highs man. Crazy.

Gotta show Shilpa. We’ve been married now…holy cow 24 years…I should probably know that. We love each other but sometimes we don’t like each other hahahaha. Feeling this some man.

Reminds me of BB!

*song* gaaah.

still can’t edit my posts but it’s ok, doesn’t matter! It really doesn’t!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwl4owBL_CtaOojsJlXS0_5QXMepLz4LA&si=eiTXWe4GibqhI52X

BB King, My Kind of Blues, full album

I love BB King so much!

Thank you!

Tomo

Kurt that was great! I really dig it! I am in vacations in Basque country! I was in Bilbao 5 days and now I am travelling for San sebastian! If your wife knows any place to listen live music it would be a gift for heaven! 😅. Thank you for sharing this great song anyway. 🙏

Great stuff!! :D

Good one - love these guys.

Wow! markos, I wish I was over there with you!

I love Bilbao! (The BIG Puppy :-)

San Sebastian was my favorite city of all. I even played guitar with some street musicians.
When we went, we only went to a few big concerts. Not really sure of regular music venues.

We went mainly to explore where her grandparents came from.

THE FOOD! There is a food tour I highly recommend:
https://www.eatingeurope.com/san-sebastian/
Pinxtos!!!

One restaurant I won't forget in the San Sebastian Old Town (Parte Vieja) area is:

BAR NESTOR!!!
It’s famous for offering just five items on its menu, a cult favorite among food lovers.
Only five items, each executed to perfection:

Tomato salad – made with ripe local tomatoes and olive oil

Padrón peppers – blistered and salted

Txuleta (steak) – a massive bone-in ribeye grilled to smoky perfection

Jamon Iberico – top-quality cured ham

Tortilla de patatas – their legendary Spanish omelet, available only once per day

⏰ Tortilla Ritual
The tortilla is made once daily, and only a limited number of slices are served

Locals and tourists line up before opening to reserve a slice—often writing their name on a list at the door.

It’s a tiny, no-frills bar tucked into the Old Town (Parte Vieja).

No reservations, no frills—just pure Basque culinary magic.
Bring cash,and prepare for one of the most memorable meals of your life.

Have a blast markos! Please keep us updated on your adventure!
Kurt

Kurt thank you so much for your message and for your great recommendations and advice. I would love to hang out with you here for sure! I loved Bilbao so much! Such a beautiful city! The food is out of this world! The street musicians are so good here also their incredible for real you are so cool for playing with them! San Sebastian is so beautiful also! I am living the dream in this trip! 😁

Great stuff, Kurt. I'm a fan of both Neil and JJ Cale. Thank you for supplying some chord info. So helpful!

Thank you Kurt for your kind words!

These are great examples of those beautiful simple chord progressions!

1 4 & 4 1
Love both directions!

Tomo

So cool you found those Kurt. I'm going to think of some 1 4 progressions in music I know.

I love palindromes Tomo!

Same backwards and forwards.
Like radar, or Malayalam.

Check out:
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter

Unique is right! Fretless guitar. The drums are fur.
One of the bass player plays only ABOVE the 12th fret.
Very groovy!
Thanks Brandon!
Kurt

Thanks for sharing Brandon. I only heard one track when this was first released, and meant to come back to it. This one is really cool. I want to know what pedals Blake is using.

Whoooa so cool! Brandon! Only listened a few times, going back to the beginning again and again!

Yes. Very McCartney-esque vocals and melody!
Thanks David!
Kurt

Jack Johnson could play the saddest song in the world and it would still make me happy.

That is the truth my brother!

Thanks Sunil!
Hold on to the Light!
What a message, especially these days.
Sounds so nice!
Kurt

Yes, Happy Birthday to Neil. Great stuff. I have some Stills-Young Band on vinyl.

Nice Linda! Not too many people know that one.
That 1976 "Long May You Run" album may be the best "sounding" album Neil made.
Stephen was "in charge" on that one for sure.
Two friends on vacation in Florida. Recording songs about cars, Hare Krishna chanters at the airports, hotels and the ocean :-)
Nice trip!
Kurt

This is amazing Kurt!
Thank you!
Love Neil.
I have been so lucky and grateful to see and hear him jam many times over the years
(I like his name haha, for some reason. Rhymes with Sunil lol)

I was going to post needle and the damage done, after your Leland in the sky post. But that’s some truth.

Also my bday was day before yesterday!
And tomorrow is the first anniversary of my first guitar teacher’s passing.

https://fremontchapeloftheroses.com/obituaries/richard-william-kendrick-jr-2/

Thank you Rich for all you did!
Your kind wisdom and instruction helped me walk. I would not be without you.
You live on in my heart, my friend.
Aloha, I hear you on the path with me now. 🙏🏾

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_friendship_helped_this_veteran_to_heal

Belated Happy Birthday to you, Sunil!

Please accept my condolences on the loss of Richard Kendrick. He was certainly a lovely man, and was on the same journey as us. These people are gifts to be cherished.

Such talented musicians all around. I've always been amazed at how Eric Gales plays.

Thank you Linda for your kind words. Eric Gales is super talented and his passion is so hot!

Tomo

Hi Tomo, and GW friends,

Tomo, I love this jam you did with Eric Gale, and Matt Schofield.
Listened carefully at least 30 times.
Listened total about 50.

I had never heard of Eric. Heard of Matt, haven’t listened to him. I know Tomo a little from GW and Kyoto.

Avoiding internet research.
Limitations and boundaries are good.

But, I saw about ten minutes of an Andertons video with Eric. He said he knows a little guitar after 17 albums hahaha…I found 12 on iTunes, I skimmed first and last albums.
Last one (2025), first sounds is a tribute to ljk. Little Jimmy King. Emmanuel Gale, Albert King’s “grandson”…I am stopping myself from a deep dive into Eric’s music, putting a pause on that right now.

Another thing Eric says that just vibes with my heart is while he is recording, he says his wife is wiping away the tears.
I feel that, have felt that, I know that.
That’s the truth.

I hear the truth when you guys are playing Tomo. I hear Jimi. When you play I hear Kyoto at first…then I realize that’s not Kyoto…that’s you.

It takes 3 listenings to realize Eric is using a delay, not reverb.

After 5, I am hearing country rock, something like that in one of your solos.

After 10, I am looking at notes Richard wrote for me on music I was learning…

After 15, I realize Eric is playing a right handed guitar as a left handed player.

Damn. I am left handed. As a kid I would I was putting rubber bands better the bed posts to hear…to hear the truth. I even tried to build like…it was a piece of plywood, on one side, nails on the bottom…in a line…nails on the top…at an angle…an angel aaahh…I put rubber bands between the nails…not like the guitar.

My mom put me in guitar classes.
(Thank you Amma. So much time spent putting me in all kinds of art classes…so much time on the chalkboard teaching me math…i am a solid C-/D student until 6th grade…then I am an honors student…)

I don’t remember the store but it was at the Fremont hub, must have been late seventies. I hold the guitar like Eric.
It’s a giant acoustic steel string. I am too young. Instructor tells me to turn it around. That’s how I learn to play…

After 30…I realize Matt’s sound is low and earthy; yours bright, clean, precise; Eric’s…man something open and hopeful…I heard this before…is it Albert….is it the truth?…tone is in the middle of you and Matt.

After 50…I am writing this. I am filled with joy. I must pick up my guitar now.

Thank you for sharing your personality Sunil. I enjoy to read your comments. Have a great day. 🙂

Thank you my friend Markos!

I am only sharing stuff about guitar.

🙏🏾😅🤗