On September, 26, I visited with Mary Crowley at the PEG-TV studio in Rutland. Mary is the host of the local “Arts and More” show. She was taping for the October 2019 program (Episode 4).
Host Mary Crowley interviews Sherri Birkheimer Rooker, Executive Director of Chaffee Arts Center for the ARTS portion, and Ron Pulcer, guitar teacher, for the MORE portion for episode 4 of ARTS and MORE!
My section is from 13:16 to 28:22 in the video:
Mary asked me to play and discuss some music relating to Vermont’s Fall Foliage season and Halloween. I chose two songs that I was familiar with, “Moonlight in Vermont” and “Monster Mash”. Several years ago, I worked out a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of “Moonlight in Vermont” as an instrumental. I have used the “Monster Mash” song in group guitar classes around Halloween, and like to point out the repeating 1950s-style “doo wop” chord progression used in both the verses and chorus of this song. It’s a fun way to learn to play these chords:
||: G | Em | C | D :||
Happy Halloween!