Tom took his Taylor 714ce 6-string to the August 1st episode of the show and talked about fingerpicking and contrafacts. You can copyright lyrics and melody, but not chord changes. Contrafacts are tunes based on the un-copyrighted chord progressions from popular songs, like Hotel California, which was requested (we think) by pint-size caller Maggie. He also had a synesthesia-type moment: every time he plays a piece of his called Little Black Cat his nose itches. His students have a similar synethesiatic response when they play a certain passage of Tarrega’s Adelita: they salivate. Tom has seen it happen many times: music affects the body. He also had calls from Amanda, niece of the drummer for Little Feat, and Country Time Bob who requested Buck Owens. And in the last two minutes of the show a viewer requested Dueling Banjos from the movie Deliverance which Tom played as the credits rolled.
Featuring a Taylor 714ce
