Learn to Play the Songs of Jim Croce
HOMESPUN
Guitar Accompaniment and Techniques
Taught By Peter Huttlinger.
Level 3
One hour 55 minute DVD, includes music and tab

Jim Croce is one of the most beloved singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music. His timeless songs, with their compelling melodies, strong story lines and unique guitar arrangements, are instantly recognizable, easy to learn and fun to play.

Guitarist Pete Huttlinger knows Jim Croce's repertoire inside and out. He expertly breaks down the subtleties of these famous guitar accompaniments, as well as the superb lead lines and solos of Jim's long-time accompanist, Maury Muehleisen, for aspiring players at all levels.

Seven of Croce's best-loved hits are carefully taught on this DVD. Along with the basic accompaniments, you'll learn to reproduce the nuanced chord progressions, three-finger picking patterns, bass lines, melodic licks, intros and endings that give each song its own unforgettable sound.

You'll soon be playing these memorable songs in note-for-note detail: I Have to Say I Love You in a Song, New York's Not My Home, Photographs and Memories, I Got a Name, These Dreams, Operator and Time in a Bottle.

About Peter Huttlinger
Nashville based guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Huttlinger has played The Hollywood Bowl and London’s Royal Albert Hall with John Denver, Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas with George Burns and stadiums across America in Alan Jackson’s “High Mileage” tour. Peter is also accomplished on the banjo, mandolin and harmonica, and in 2000 he won first place in the prestigious National Fingerpicking Championship in Winfield, Kansas. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Peter has written music for independent videos, jingles and commercials, and composed the theme to ESPN's Flyfishing America. Peter was nominated in 1994 for an EMMY award as Instrumentalist/Composer for a PBS special, "Tennessee Traveling Treasures,” and has done recordings for HBO, PBS, ESPN, and many others. Peter’s solo CDs include Catch & Release and Naked Pop, as well as two John Denver tribute CDs, Colors In Time and Colors In Time, Volume Two.