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Wow this is a great thread which deserves to be revived and brought to light!! I agree that Tommy is one of The Greatest Guitar Players ever!!! I think everyone has a finite capacity for memorizing songs and each of us has a different number of back pocket songs that we can carry. When we reach our capacity, something has to scroll off the list to make room.
My former guitar teacher advised me to put all my back pocket songs into one section of my notebook, and once or twice a month to use my practice time to play through all of them to keep them from rusting out. It’s really irritating and frustrating to go through all the effort to learn a song and then find out a few months later that the muscle memory just isn’t there anymore… I have had to “re-learn” songs many times because they rusted away. The good thing is that it’s usually alot quicker to learn a song the 2nd time (or 3rd or even 4th time). One trick I’ve learned is to write little chord diagrams right in the tab/music and indicate which fret/which fingers to use on which string. New diagram with each chord change or position change. This makes it much easier to polish up a rusty song 6 months later.
My back pocket only holds about 10 songs. My notebook holds about 100 songs, hehe and I can always get another one!!
Regards, Carol