Tommy Skeoch is famous for being half of the original guitar tandem with Frank Hannon in the band Tesla. Ten years ago, due to internal issues, complicated by drug issues and behaviour issues, Tommy left the band.

Since then, he has been living in Florida making his own solo albums, and has now released two new songs via iTunes. He is also giving guitar lessons via Skype. In a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited, Tommy catches us up with what’s going on in his world. An excerpt follows:

CRR: Tell me how you decided to do Skype guitar lessons?

Tommy: “I’ve always been doing lessons, but now I’m trying to do this Skype.”

CRR: Do you teach beginners?

Tommy: “It depends on the person, really. It’s fun. I just show them a few power chords and get them going right off the bat. The lessons are cool. I have a good time doing it. I can get most people playing “Rock You Like a Hurricane” within 15 minutes if they’ve got some rhythm.”

CRR: That’s pretty cool… see I didn’t know if you were like doing master classes for musicians or if you are like just giving intermediate guitar lessons.

Tommy: “I’m just giving guitar lessons. I’ve been doing it locally for 10 years and I’ve had anywhere from 10 students to, like right now locally I only have a couple. I started kind of talking about it on my Facebook page and people were like “oh that would be cool” so, I’m charging like $80 bucks.”

Read the full interview at Classic Rock Revisited.