I already knew that I was well-known, and had had much coverage in Guitar Player Magazine, both as a player and an instructor/author. The light went off in my head, and I knew right then and there that one day, I would create taped lessons as a business!Years went by, and I did many tours, such as John Prine, Art Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow and many others, while still continuing to teach privately, and authoring several books. In 1973, this one student, who moved away to Colorado, told me he missed our taped lessons, and requested if I could send him a few taped especially for him. I decided to encourage my students to tape their lessons on cassette, so nothing would get lost, and so they could continue their studies between lessons. I found that through the course of most of my lessons, many of the things I would teach or play would sometimes get lost in the process.
Hot Licks Video is probably the one thing I am most known for, and with millions of students worldwide as a result, it's no wonder!Back in the early '70s, between tours, when I was doing a lot of private guitar teaching.
