I am a big fan of Nils Lofgren’s first band, Grin, and his first solo album, and of course anybody who plays with Bruce Springsteen deserves a tip of the hat in recognition. So it’s interesting to read in the Globe that he has developed a fine little side business teaching guitar online. It never occurred to me that music lessons could be done remotely!

Speaking as somebody who has strummed/plucked cheap guitars for much of my life and is still unbelievably terrible, this is tempting … I suspect you need a certain level of competence for him to take you on, alas.