Shawn Persinger is Prester John
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Shawn Persinger is Prester John
By request: “Kid Charlemagne” — the Larry Carlton solo from Steely Dan. Two mistakes in there… one was actually pretty sweet. 😉 #GuitarSolo #SteelyDan #LarryCarlton
October 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
By request: “Kid Charlemagne” — the Larry Carlton solo from Steely Dan. Two mistakes in there… one was actually pretty sweet. 😉 #GuitarSolo #SteelyDan #LarryCarlton
#mondaymorningguitarsolo A long-time favorite from the wonderful Jerry Reed, "East Bound and Down"
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#mondaymorningguitarsolo A long-time favorite from the wonderful Jerry Reed, "East Bound and Down"
David Lindley’s iconic slide solo on Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty” — still one of the most expressive lap steel moments in rock history. Timeless.
#DavidLindley #JacksonBrowne #RunningOnEmpty #SlideGuitar #GuitarSolo #ClassicRock
#DavidLindley #JacksonBrowne #RunningOnEmpty #SlideGuitar #GuitarSolo #ClassicRock
September 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
David Lindley’s iconic slide solo on Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty” — still one of the most expressive lap steel moments in rock history. Timeless.
#DavidLindley #JacksonBrowne #RunningOnEmpty #SlideGuitar #GuitarSolo #ClassicRock
#DavidLindley #JacksonBrowne #RunningOnEmpty #SlideGuitar #GuitarSolo #ClassicRock
#SteveHowe is one of my all time favorite guitarists, thus, my arrangement of "Close to the Edge" by #YES — combining the guitar melody, bass, and keyboards.
#MondayMorningGuitarSolo
#MondayMorningGuitarSolo
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#SteveHowe is one of my all time favorite guitarists, thus, my arrangement of "Close to the Edge" by #YES — combining the guitar melody, bass, and keyboards.
#MondayMorningGuitarSolo
#MondayMorningGuitarSolo
MONDAY MORNING GUITAR SOLO 🎸🔥 Scorpions – "Rock You Like a Hurricane" Guitar Solo Cover!
The first song I ever learned (I learned the solo much later).
#Scorpions #RockYouLikeAHurricane #GuitarSolo #GuitarCover #80sRock
The first song I ever learned (I learned the solo much later).
#Scorpions #RockYouLikeAHurricane #GuitarSolo #GuitarCover #80sRock
September 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
MONDAY MORNING GUITAR SOLO 🎸🔥 Scorpions – "Rock You Like a Hurricane" Guitar Solo Cover!
The first song I ever learned (I learned the solo much later).
#Scorpions #RockYouLikeAHurricane #GuitarSolo #GuitarCover #80sRock
The first song I ever learned (I learned the solo much later).
#Scorpions #RockYouLikeAHurricane #GuitarSolo #GuitarCover #80sRock
🚨 New Monday Morning Guitar Solo! 🚨
What if Dinosaur Jr. jammed with The Allman Brothers?
That’s the vibe of The Luck Pushers’ “You Tell a Lie.” 🎸⚡
Follow for more indie-progressive guitar fire.
#BlueSky #GuitarSolo #JMascis #FenderGuitars
What if Dinosaur Jr. jammed with The Allman Brothers?
That’s the vibe of The Luck Pushers’ “You Tell a Lie.” 🎸⚡
Follow for more indie-progressive guitar fire.
#BlueSky #GuitarSolo #JMascis #FenderGuitars
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨 New Monday Morning Guitar Solo! 🚨
What if Dinosaur Jr. jammed with The Allman Brothers?
That’s the vibe of The Luck Pushers’ “You Tell a Lie.” 🎸⚡
Follow for more indie-progressive guitar fire.
#BlueSky #GuitarSolo #JMascis #FenderGuitars
What if Dinosaur Jr. jammed with The Allman Brothers?
That’s the vibe of The Luck Pushers’ “You Tell a Lie.” 🎸⚡
Follow for more indie-progressive guitar fire.
#BlueSky #GuitarSolo #JMascis #FenderGuitars
One of my favorite — and most underrated — solos: 🎸
Al Anderson’s live lead on “No Woman, No Cry” (Bob Marley & The Wailers).
#BobMarley #AlAnderson #GuitarSolo #Reggae
Al Anderson’s live lead on “No Woman, No Cry” (Bob Marley & The Wailers).
#BobMarley #AlAnderson #GuitarSolo #Reggae
September 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of my favorite — and most underrated — solos: 🎸
Al Anderson’s live lead on “No Woman, No Cry” (Bob Marley & The Wailers).
#BobMarley #AlAnderson #GuitarSolo #Reggae
Al Anderson’s live lead on “No Woman, No Cry” (Bob Marley & The Wailers).
#BobMarley #AlAnderson #GuitarSolo #Reggae
“Blue Skies” — Les Paul Trio version 🎶
This is my 4th short performance video, which makes it officially a series!
I’ll be posting one every Monday morning until the end of the year.
What tune should I tackle next?
This is my 4th short performance video, which makes it officially a series!
I’ll be posting one every Monday morning until the end of the year.
What tune should I tackle next?
August 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Blue Skies” — Les Paul Trio version 🎶
This is my 4th short performance video, which makes it officially a series!
I’ll be posting one every Monday morning until the end of the year.
What tune should I tackle next?
This is my 4th short performance video, which makes it officially a series!
I’ll be posting one every Monday morning until the end of the year.
What tune should I tackle next?
Country-Style Bends for Guitar. From “The 50 Greatest Guitar Books”
Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs/
Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs/
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Country-Style Bends for Guitar. From “The 50 Greatest Guitar Books”
Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs/
Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs/
Angus Young, AC/DC, Three Types of Guitar Vibrato. #guitarlesson #guitarvibarto #AC/DC Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/angus/
August 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Angus Young, AC/DC, Three Types of Guitar Vibrato. #guitarlesson #guitarvibarto #AC/DC Downloadable sheet music and tablature ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/angus/
Tremolo Picking Blues Licksn – Tremolo Picking Blues Licks, with scrolling notation and tab – inspired by "Blue You Can Use" by John Ganapes.
August 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tremolo Picking Blues Licksn – Tremolo Picking Blues Licks, with scrolling notation and tab – inspired by "Blue You Can Use" by John Ganapes.
Working on a project that includes #LedZeppelin's "Boogie Mama". which is one of my favorite 12-bar blues AND #JimmyPage solos.
August 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Working on a project that includes #LedZeppelin's "Boogie Mama". which is one of my favorite 12-bar blues AND #JimmyPage solos.
NEW Weird Guitar Lessons, Guest Lesson, Stravinsky Homage
youtu.be/cPUyF2Ml8so?...
youtu.be/cPUyF2Ml8so?...
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW Weird Guitar Lessons, Guest Lesson, Stravinsky Homage
youtu.be/cPUyF2Ml8so?...
youtu.be/cPUyF2Ml8so?...
🐢 SLOW Practice Tracks Roll On! 🔥
Today’s featured drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta. A legend behind the kit — from Zappa to Sting to Jeff Beck — Vinnie's playing is the most challenging in the series.
⚡️Complex phrasing.
⚡️ Listen + download: presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/62-slo...
Today’s featured drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta. A legend behind the kit — from Zappa to Sting to Jeff Beck — Vinnie's playing is the most challenging in the series.
⚡️Complex phrasing.
⚡️ Listen + download: presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/62-slo...
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🐢 SLOW Practice Tracks Roll On! 🔥
Today’s featured drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta. A legend behind the kit — from Zappa to Sting to Jeff Beck — Vinnie's playing is the most challenging in the series.
⚡️Complex phrasing.
⚡️ Listen + download: presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/62-slo...
Today’s featured drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta. A legend behind the kit — from Zappa to Sting to Jeff Beck — Vinnie's playing is the most challenging in the series.
⚡️Complex phrasing.
⚡️ Listen + download: presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/62-slo...
🐢 SLOW Practice Tracks Continue! 🔥 Today’s spotlight: Chester Thompson 🥁 (Genesis, Zappa, Weather Report)
🎧 New slow audio drops daily — this week & next.
🎵 Listen:
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/92-slo...
📖 Book link in the comments.
🎧 New slow audio drops daily — this week & next.
🎵 Listen:
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/92-slo...
📖 Book link in the comments.
August 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🐢 SLOW Practice Tracks Continue! 🔥 Today’s spotlight: Chester Thompson 🥁 (Genesis, Zappa, Weather Report)
🎧 New slow audio drops daily — this week & next.
🎵 Listen:
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/92-slo...
📖 Book link in the comments.
🎧 New slow audio drops daily — this week & next.
🎵 Listen:
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/92-slo...
📖 Book link in the comments.
Master Blues Triplets, 8th and 16th Notes!
From the "The 50 Greatest Guitar Books" by Shawn Persinger (aka Prester John)
Guitar tab for this lesson ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs
From the "The 50 Greatest Guitar Books" by Shawn Persinger (aka Prester John)
Guitar tab for this lesson ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Master Blues Triplets, 8th and 16th Notes!
From the "The 50 Greatest Guitar Books" by Shawn Persinger (aka Prester John)
Guitar tab for this lesson ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs
From the "The 50 Greatest Guitar Books" by Shawn Persinger (aka Prester John)
Guitar tab for this lesson ▶ presterjohnmusic.com/guitartabs
🎸 Surf Rock crashes into a 🤠 Bluegrass jam?
Fiddle tune "Bill Cheatum" like you've never heard it before. Twangy vibrato, go-go breakdown, and a full TAB to follow along. 🌊🎶
🎥 Watch here now!
#GuitarVideo #Bluegrass #SurfRock #Flatpicking #GuitarTab
Fiddle tune "Bill Cheatum" like you've never heard it before. Twangy vibrato, go-go breakdown, and a full TAB to follow along. 🌊🎶
🎥 Watch here now!
#GuitarVideo #Bluegrass #SurfRock #Flatpicking #GuitarTab
July 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🎸 Surf Rock crashes into a 🤠 Bluegrass jam?
Fiddle tune "Bill Cheatum" like you've never heard it before. Twangy vibrato, go-go breakdown, and a full TAB to follow along. 🌊🎶
🎥 Watch here now!
#GuitarVideo #Bluegrass #SurfRock #Flatpicking #GuitarTab
Fiddle tune "Bill Cheatum" like you've never heard it before. Twangy vibrato, go-go breakdown, and a full TAB to follow along. 🌊🎶
🎥 Watch here now!
#GuitarVideo #Bluegrass #SurfRock #Flatpicking #GuitarTab
🐢 New SLOW Practice Track just dropped: Max Roach edition 🥁 Dial in your phrasing. Catch the groove. #ThinkLikeADrummer
🎧 Slowed down so you can hear everything.
Posting one a day — all week and next.
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/124-sl...
#MaxRoach #CreativeRhythms #JazzDrums
🎧 Slowed down so you can hear everything.
Posting one a day — all week and next.
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/124-sl...
#MaxRoach #CreativeRhythms #JazzDrums
July 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🐢 New SLOW Practice Track just dropped: Max Roach edition 🥁 Dial in your phrasing. Catch the groove. #ThinkLikeADrummer
🎧 Slowed down so you can hear everything.
Posting one a day — all week and next.
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/124-sl...
#MaxRoach #CreativeRhythms #JazzDrums
🎧 Slowed down so you can hear everything.
Posting one a day — all week and next.
presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/124-sl...
#MaxRoach #CreativeRhythms #JazzDrums
🎧 New this week: Slow Audio Practice Tracks
Working through the phrases in "Creative Rhythms…" at a more relaxed tempo.
First up: the legendary Philly Joe Jones 🥁
🎶 presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/122-sl...
#ThinkLikeADrummer #RhythmExercises #MusicPractice #MakeMusic #Bandcamp #MusicEd
Working through the phrases in "Creative Rhythms…" at a more relaxed tempo.
First up: the legendary Philly Joe Jones 🥁
🎶 presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/122-sl...
#ThinkLikeADrummer #RhythmExercises #MusicPractice #MakeMusic #Bandcamp #MusicEd
July 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🎧 New this week: Slow Audio Practice Tracks
Working through the phrases in "Creative Rhythms…" at a more relaxed tempo.
First up: the legendary Philly Joe Jones 🥁
🎶 presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/122-sl...
#ThinkLikeADrummer #RhythmExercises #MusicPractice #MakeMusic #Bandcamp #MusicEd
Working through the phrases in "Creative Rhythms…" at a more relaxed tempo.
First up: the legendary Philly Joe Jones 🥁
🎶 presterjohnmusic.bandcamp.com/track/122-sl...
#ThinkLikeADrummer #RhythmExercises #MusicPractice #MakeMusic #Bandcamp #MusicEd
🎸 Guitar Lesson: Eric Johnson “Shifting Pentatonics” 🎸
Explore signature phrasing — fluid and melodic.
▶️ Watch now & add it to your practice rotation.
🎧 Intermediate–Advanced players
🎯 #GuitarLesson #EricJohnson #Pentatonics #GuitarTheory #LeadGuitar #ShiftingPentatonics
Explore signature phrasing — fluid and melodic.
▶️ Watch now & add it to your practice rotation.
🎧 Intermediate–Advanced players
🎯 #GuitarLesson #EricJohnson #Pentatonics #GuitarTheory #LeadGuitar #ShiftingPentatonics
July 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🎸 Guitar Lesson: Eric Johnson “Shifting Pentatonics” 🎸
Explore signature phrasing — fluid and melodic.
▶️ Watch now & add it to your practice rotation.
🎧 Intermediate–Advanced players
🎯 #GuitarLesson #EricJohnson #Pentatonics #GuitarTheory #LeadGuitar #ShiftingPentatonics
Explore signature phrasing — fluid and melodic.
▶️ Watch now & add it to your practice rotation.
🎧 Intermediate–Advanced players
🎯 #GuitarLesson #EricJohnson #Pentatonics #GuitarTheory #LeadGuitar #ShiftingPentatonics
Huge THANKS to everyone who’s picked up my new book or shared kind words about it.
It’s been the #1 New Release in Guitar Books on Amazon for three days now.
I couldn’t have done it without the supportive music education community around me — I'm truly grateful. 🙏🎸
It’s been the #1 New Release in Guitar Books on Amazon for three days now.
I couldn’t have done it without the supportive music education community around me — I'm truly grateful. 🙏🎸
July 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Huge THANKS to everyone who’s picked up my new book or shared kind words about it.
It’s been the #1 New Release in Guitar Books on Amazon for three days now.
I couldn’t have done it without the supportive music education community around me — I'm truly grateful. 🙏🎸
It’s been the #1 New Release in Guitar Books on Amazon for three days now.
I couldn’t have done it without the supportive music education community around me — I'm truly grateful. 🙏🎸
This Saturday, @The Luck Pushers at @Best Video.
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This Saturday, @The Luck Pushers at @Best Video.