New Tracks And Lessons:

In Flames, System of A Down, SRV & New Lesson on How-To-Play "Stir It Up" by Bob Marley

In Flames - Come Clarity

Cover:   Come Clarity Swedish metal-rockers In Flames landed on the Billboard Charts for the first time both in the US and Europe with the album 'Come Clarity'. Great electric and acoustic guitar run throughout this melodic metal nugget.

Lesson:   Causing a Stir - How To Play Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded "Stir It Up" for their debut album entitled "Catch A Fire". Released upon an unsuspecting public in the spring of 1973, "Catch A Fire" launched Bob Marley & the Wailers' career and propelled reggae music itself, into the mainstream. This was not their first record, they already had hits in Jamaica, but it was the record aimed at international success. "Catch A Fire" is a rock oriented record by design - the purist Jamaican reggae mixed with traditional rock instrumentation. This produced a sound that American and UK record buyers could understand and relate to. The song "Stir It Up" is a perfect culmination of these two styles.

System of A Down - Toxicity

Cover:   Chop Suey! The first single from System Of A Down's multiplatinum 'Toxicity', "Chop Suey" was a radio hit out of the gate (despite the political controversy surrounding it), and earned the band it's first Grammy nomination.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Cover:   The Things (That) I Used To Do From the 'Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble" double CD collection, this song is classic SRV Texas-blues with his trademark scorching solos. There are some great clips of SRV performing this song on youtube that are not to be missed!