I'm not talking about eating utensils, you Idiots ....lol....well, maybe for some of you.No, what I'm talking is what made you pick up the guitar and start to play and then to, like there was a fire in you're belly(like when it's a beautiful sunny summer day and you blow off going to the pool or park or whatever with your friends ,because you're in your room hunkered over your instrument learning a song or writing one....for hours and hours and......)okay you get it,that's fire !! .Now before you stop reading, this isn't just for guitar players...Bass players,drummers,singers any genre of music...even country and ............I guess rap...that hurt me to say but I have to be fair.......ehh? Now.if you ever see my posts in" what are you listening to" I do have a wide variety but tend to always fall back to heavy,it's the feel and attitude and aggresion.....I always gravitated towards the heavier songs by bands like Zep,the Who,really even the Beatles to an extent....Hendrix, But I learned from the classics first(a very wide variety of classic rock bands)....and the first heavy metal band before there was a name for it...Black Sabbath.I always loved music from a small age because of my older brother and sister always listening to music ,music was always a big part of my family growing up and still is today with the ones around me,my 2 sons and my Ex. ....Anyway...I digress,I started late by most standards (17) I was too involved with sports,then all things changed....the first event was my junior year of high school.My really good friend and fellow music lover had this huge boat of a car,I think it was a Delta 88 or something, big trunk and back seat, great for parties and drive-ins and general cruising....lol A fucking gas guzzler, we called MOBY DICK !! . It was a Sat. night and "The song remains the same" was playing at the theater.So we threw a cooler in the trunk with cheap beer...haha, is there anything else in high school? grabbed the Bud(herb) and off we went.By the time we got there we were ...well,in the perfect state.
That movie changed my life !! I was in awe !! totally blown away !! Jimmy Page was a God to me !! next was me and the same friend ,over at his house listening to "Live at Leeds" by the Who, the rawness, the growling distorted tones Pete Townsend was getting and John Entwhistle.Mr.Moon and Roger ....I had to start playing !! So another friend of mine ,who was a year younger than me but who was a fucking awesome guitar player...name drop time : Todd Haggeman who now lives in Chicago as far as I know.....
a Beatles freak I might add had a very nice Gretch Country gentleman ...showed me the Minor pentatonic scale and that moving chord in Yes's Starship trooper "The Wurm" and that was it !! I took that scale and with help from him and others, started learning or figuring out Beatles,Stones,Zep,Who etc..I know we have a few guitar players out there that I know of...Stormcrow,Mike_B,Mr.Crowe,Demonio,and I saw some others with guitars in their profile pic and I'm sure there are more out there,including other musicians .So,what got you started?
note : I would also like to thank a very special person, who shall remain nameless ,they know who they are(see how I said they...)Who basically inspired me to pick up the guitar again,after not touching one for almost 11 years !! because of marriage,kids,other responsibilities etc....to many sorry ass excuses. Now I am writing again and recording etc... with a passion ,So thank you....You. \m/
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