Michael Lydon: News & Videos

Michael Lydon's intimate look at the life on Manhattan's busy streets, with a haunting whistling score.

I've recently added new videos to my YouTube channel, and I plan to put up more.

So rather than loading all of them onto my site, here's the link that will take you to my channel. When you get there, you can browse through my films to your heart's content:

http://www.youtube.com/MichaelLydon

Michael Lydon's brand new music video, "What a Lovesick Fool Was I," filmed in concert in Manhattan.

A new video: an interview with Michael Lydon talking about the Summer of Love, San Francisco hippie rock, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

Michael Lydon's book, HOW TO PLAY CLASSIC JAZZ GUITAR has just been published by Routledge Books.

CLASSIC JAZZ GUITAR is a step-by-step instruction book takes a beginning guitarist from folk-blues basics to the rhythmic drive and harmonic complexity of swing and be-bop.

"I put everything I've learned about playing jazz guitar in the past thirty-five years into this book," says Lydon. "I think it can help newcomers get a handle on how jazz players think."

Available now in bookstores and online: here is the Amazon URL:

http://www.amazon.com/How-Play-Classic-Jazz-Guitar/dp/0415979080

Here's my latest video, "Made It To Another Spring!" a celebration of my favorite season. We filmed it in the East Village's Tompkins Square Park, starring Ellen and me, with a cast of thousands of kids, dogs, lovers, and flowers