I was introduced to the guitar in 1964 by my 3rd mom! Mrs Gertrude Johnson.She only put it in my hands,and gave me one of her THUMB PICKS! Which to this day,is part of my style and technique.
I played my first paying show at our high school battle of the bands,a few years later! Learning that i could provoke human reaction,from my playing the guitar...I was hooked from then on.