Big fun at Guitar Center yesterday.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (224777)
Walnut Creek, California
March 21, 2025 11:40am CST
I am teaching Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pride and Joy" to my 10-year-old student, Gunnar. He is the one who "rocked" "Wild Thing" at our last Guitar Center Showcase. He has ADHD, and sometimes "spaces out" for a few moments during our lessons. But when he focuses in, he is "all in" on the music. He also has rock 'n roll hair, and we have a good time throwing our heads around and doing "guitar player expressions" when we play.
I'll attach Stevie's Pride and Joy. If Gunnar does this during our next Showcase, I will accompany him on stage, as I did at the last one. His fingers are not long enough to do the E-G#-B-C# riff that backs up the song. I will handle that part. But he can do some of the other "cool Stevie licks" without any problem.
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@kaylachan (76370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Mar
I am glad he is having fun and doing well.
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@kaylachan (76370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Mar
@TheHorse I haven't listened to it yet, but I do like music with aditude.
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@TheHorse (224777)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Mar
@kaylachan You've proablmly heard it before. I hope you enjoy it when you do. It is what @Vandana7 would call a happy love song, even though it has blues attitude.
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@FourWalls (72795)
• United States
22 Mar
If you really want to have some fun, mash up SRV’s “Pride and Joy” with Marvin Gaye’s completely different song with the same name! 
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@FourWalls (72795)
• United States
22 Mar
@TheHorse — I put the link to the song there for you to see.
@RasmaSandra (83416)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Mar
Glad he is doing so well and great that he has fun doing it. When I started learning to play the piano I took to it right away and that made it fun to learn,
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@RasmaSandra (83416)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Mar
@TheHorse the piano stayed in Latvia but one day I might invest in a keyboard just to see what I remember
@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
22 Mar
It's fun teaching children when they enjoy your teaching.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
24 Mar
@TheHorse I too enjoyed teaching both online and face to face in some schools.
@sw8sincere (5548)
• Philippines
22 Mar
That sounds like an awesome experience for both of you! Gunnar sounds like a natural, and with you backing him up, that showcase is going to be epic. Can’t wait to hear how it goes—rock on!
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@sw8sincere (5548)
• Philippines
22 Mar
@TheHorse Sounds like a fun lesson ahead! :)
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@GardenGerty (162838)
• United States
22 Mar
It does sound like you had fun and made lessons fun for Gunnar.
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@Danielclark691 (2019)
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21 Mar
I used to play the drums. I always wondered about playing the guitar
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