Guitar | Thomas Bryan Eaton | Beginning/Intermediate | Period 2 | Week 1 (July 6-10, 2026)
After a brief spell of electrified instruments being looked down upon by the country music establishment (and not allowed on the Opry), the electric guitar soon earned a place as a cornerstone of the Classic Country music sound. Equally adept at grooving with the rhythm section or playing leads, it is an indispensable part of that sound and the musics development.
In this class we’ll explore the different rolls an electric guitar can play in a country band as well as learn some classic riffs and melodies. We’ll also work on the skills needed to play this music and how to get the tones right.
This is a beginner/intermediate level class, a basic understanding of the guitar and the ability to pick out single note melodies will be important. However, there will be much to gain from all levels of pickers.
About the Instructor
Thomas Bryan Eaton is the most fun, patient, organized yet relaxed teacher you will ever come across. He currently lives in the Nashville area where he is an in demand guitar & pedal steel player both live and as a studio musician and producer. He writes and performs his own songs while touring regularly with Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, Western Centuries and others. You may have heard the old saying that someone is “eat up with music”? Well, that is Thomas. He can stay up all night playing both six string and steel guitar as well as singing whatever the jam or performance calls for. He knows all the old classic country songs and sings them with feeling that belies his young years. A young student once wrote, “This man is a phenomenal musician, teacher and human. He made the hardest instrument there seem not so daunting.