Carrboro Guitar Lessons

The home of bespoke guitar instruction in Carrboro, NC.

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To learn the latest about Tim’s music instruction and upcoming performances, visit his new website:

https://www.timcarless.com/

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Saturday 26th November 2016 - I am performing a live score to Harold Lloyd’s cinematic masterpiece Safety Last! I shall be joined by Robbie Link (bass) and Dan Hall (drums, percussion). 8pm @ Carrboro Artscenter - 919 929 2787

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I’m leading the band through a set of festive songs at the Carrboro Arts Center on Saturday 19th December 2015. For more information about tickets, etc. visit www.artscenterlive.org 

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This is the amazing Jim Mullen’s retelling of “Love Me Tender” - perhaps not an inspiring idea on paper, but in Jim’s hands it is quite beautiful. JM’s sense of space and harmony is so extraordinary. Look, listen and learn

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David Torn is playing a solo show, preceded by a clinic at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC on Thursday 4th June 2015. 

This is really good news for guitarists and music fans alike.

For more information and tickets, visit the Cat’s Cradle website. 

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On June 11th 2015, I’m really excited to be playing this show, with an extraordinary cast of musicians. 

For more details visit the Carrboro Arts Center website.

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This short documentary demonstrates and reveals many things about B.B. King, especially his extraordinary knowledge of disparate musical vocabularies. His recorded output during the 1960′s and early 1970′s is possibly without peer. 

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The performance of this song is quite exceptional, in particular Marc Ribot’s playing is so wonderfully obtuse, whilst managing to sit perfectly next to everything else that you hear. I first knew of this composition from a Norma Waterson album - details here - that platter also features a song from Elvis Costello’s collaboration with The Brodsky Quartet - “The Birds Will Still Be Singing” and Richard Thompson is one of the musicians, along with an RT song “God Loves a Drunk”. Diana Krall’s studio recording can be found on the T Bone Burnett produced Glad Rag Doll - details here. 

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Daniel Lanois' Rig Rundown 

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Thursday 18th December 2014 at Carrboro Arts Center. 

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It's a Wonderful Life - Live Score

Following on from the successful performance with Casey Toll, Dale Baker & Whit Wright, when we created a live score to Buster Keaton’s The General, on Thursday 18th December 2014, we’re returning to the Arts Center in Carrboro to perform a live score to Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. 

More details and ticket information here. 

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Guitars, harmonies, songs... an album from Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Kami & James Walbourne, Richard Thompson and others. It's out mid November under the name Thompson.  More details from their collective website here. 

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Here's some good news. A new album from Bill Frisell. 

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Here's another Blake Mills and Matt Sweeney production, courtesy of those lovely people at D'Addario. If you missed their previous video chat as part of the Guitar Moves series, you'll find it here. 

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"Drop D" tuning on "Homeless" by Kris Delmhorst, featuring Anders Parker on guitar.