My new duets album, Accomplice One, is OUT. I am so thrilled to share this record with you. It took me 2 years to record it, and I am very proud of it. There are so many great moments on this record that I truly cherish.

This video is one of my favorite songs from Accomplice One, that I recorded with one of the best artists out there – Mark Knopfler. When I approached Mark about playing on my album, he told me he would love to but it has to be one of his songs and none of that fast stuff. I immediately concurred, as I love all his compositions. We sat down with our acoustic guitars, and he sang me the song, “You Don’t Want To Get You One of Those”. It’s brilliantly written, and honestly and humbly performed. We recorded it like a performance, playing and singing in the same room. We purposely left it raw and didn’t try to polish it up. It was a great experience for me to be directed by such an accomplished artist as Mark.

Here is the track list for Accomplice One. I hope you enjoy it as much as I had recording it.

1. Deep River Blues with Jason Isbell
2. Song and Dance Man with Ricky Skaggs
3. Saturday Night Shuffle with Jorma Kaukonen & Pat Bergeson
4. Wheelin’ & Dealin’ with J.D. Simo and Charlie Cushman
5. C-Jam Blues with David Grisman & Bryan Sutton
6. (Sittin’ On) Dock of the Bay with J.D. Simo
7. Borderline with Amanda Shires
8. You Don’t Want To Get You One of Those with Mark Knopfler
9. Keepin’ It Reel with Clive Carroll
10. Looking Forward To The Past with Rodney Crowell
11. Purple Haze with Jerry Douglas
12. Rachel’s Lullaby with Jake Shimabukuro
13. Djangology with Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo
14. Watson Blues with David Grisman and Bryan Sutton
15. Tittle Tattle with Jack Pearson
16. The Duke’s Message with Suzy Bogguss (lyrics written by Anthony Snape)

This video is one of my favorite songs from Accomplice One, that I recorded with one of the best artists out there – Mark Knopfler. When I approached Mark about playing on my album, he told me he would love to but it has to be one of his songs and none of that fast stuff. I immediately concurred, as I love all his compositions. We sat down with our acoustic guitars, and he sang me the song, “You Don’t Want To Get You One of Those”. It’s brilliantly written, and honestly and humbly performed. We recorded it like a performance, playing and singing in the same room. We purposely left it raw and didn’t try to polish it up. It was a great experience for me to be directed by such an accomplished artist as Mark.

I am excited to announce that Frank Vignola will be joining us at my first-ever Guitar Camp in Scotland on May 11-15, 2018. Richard Smith and my fellow CGP, John Knowles, will also be instructors in Scotland. In the US, I have a camp in Memphis, Tennessee on July 23-28 with instructors Pat Bergeson, Jack Pearson, Mike Seal, and special guest instructors Jerry Douglas and Steve Cropper. Last but not least, I am going back to Australia to host a Guitar Retreat outside of Melbourne on August 15-19 with instructors Richard Smith, Simon Hosford, and Michael Fix. I so much love teaching students my ways of practicing, writing, and performing. One of my greatest joys is sharing my guitar knowledge with students, seeing them digest it, and then watching them grow as a player.  

Click here to register for Scotland Guitar Camp 

Click here to register for Memphis Guitar Camp

Click here to register for Australia Guitar Retreat 

This video is of the Django Reinhardt song, “Djangology.” Django is one of my favorite guitar players of all time. In the fall of 2016, I did a guitar camp in Havana, Cuba with Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo. We worked up an arrangement of this song. We took our guitar students to Abdala Studio to witness the recording as part of their education. You wouldn’t know it, but there were over 80 people sitting quietly in the room as we recorded this track live. That studio is where so many great Cuban recordings where made including the Buena Vista Social Club. This video is our love song to Cuba and the amazing experiences we had there. “Djangology” is on my new duets album, Accomplice One, out on Friday, January 19. You can pre-order CDs and vinyl of Accomplice One from my web-store. You can also pre-order this record digitally and get instant downloads of “(Sittin’ On) Dock of the Bay” with JD Simo, “Borderline” with Amanda Shires, “Looking Forward to the Past” with Rodney Crowell, and now “Djangology” with Frank and Vinny. Pre-Order this record here http://smarturl.it/accompliceall