Dennis G Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 On a whim, way back in the summer of '61, a few of us went to see these guys. I realized about 20 minutes into the "show" that they weren't working, they were having fun. Two weeks later, I was taking lessons, and two years after that I was in a cover band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The Beatles & girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Funny enough, I was playing "Hootenannies" before I got into a rock band. For me there was never a time when there wasn't a guitar in the house, so it was kinda natural to pick one up to play...... But the "THING" that hooked me was the Beatles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozeball Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 My first conscious memory of wanting a guitar was when I was 10 years old, in the barn at my grandparents farm. My uncle was letting me help him work on a motorcycle (handing him tools) and he put on the TNT tape and I was hooked from the go. Had to wait another two years until I got my first guitar, a used Sigma DR-28, which I still own. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCs7ijNUVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 My Dad was very big in the country and western scene over here. He was not only an excellent guitarist but harmonica player as well. So there was always a guitar laying around the house (I don't think he ever kept one in it's case, ever!). Just from watching him play and making this instrument make all these great sounds, out of curiosity probably more than anything else, I picked one up one day and started to try to make the sounds he was doing. And the love affair went on from there. I was only 5 1/2 years old. Blame dear ol' Dad (lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The opening notes to Up Around the Bend........... oh and The Beatles and girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 KISS. On one night back in 2000 when I was 8 years old, my Mom and Dad were in the living room watching TV and I went in there to see what they were watching. They were watching the KISS: THE LAST KISS concert on Direct TV Pay-Per-View. The feeling I got was indescribable and it completely changed my life. BEGGED them for a guitar afterward and on Christmas morning of 2000 at 8 years old I got my first guitar. My all time favorite band and biggest inspirations and heroes. Ace is my guitar hero, all time favorite guitarist, and biggest inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Well, it was mostly The Beatles/Paul McCartney that really got me into wanting to be a Rock and Roll star. But when I was 10 years old, I heard "We Will Rock You" by Queen, and I wanted to be able to play that—"someday". It was the coolest think I'd ever heard. Enter the Sears Wish Book later that year at Christmas time, and I became obsessed with the "Electric Guitars" page. I didn't get the one I circled, but I soon got one that looked a little like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLiqEqMQyQ?t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Guns N Roses version of Live & Let Die in 1991. I was watching the ITV Chart Show one day when I was about 7 and had never heard anything like it and thought Slash's playing was amazing. I then went out and bought Appetite and was blown away by it. A short while later I got the Use Your Illusion concert videos and remember watching the extended live version of Double Talkin' Jive over and over thinking Slash's sound & playing was the coolest thing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 1976 I saw this That was all...Rock and Roll all night & Party every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 My parents had Ed Sullivan to blame. If he hadn't had those mop-top British hooligans on his show..... Yes, another one that was mesmerized by the Beatles appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. I was too young to even be thinking about the screaming girls, it was the guy standing in back playing all the cool fill licks. So, I guess I could really blame it on George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 And Probably Duane and Dickey on the radio first and then I heard that damn Beano album and discovered The Blues... The rest as they say is history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Malcolm and Angus Young I guess (but many others too I'd reckon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A man of discerning taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatstrat Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. It took several years to convince my parents to buy me a REAL guitar. At first thy bought me plastic toys. I got my 1st real one for my B-day 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 . The Gibson Everly Brothers - . . . . . . Check out the big Gibbies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US49tQbYsg0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X7b2E_Jq-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 KISS and Ace were definitely the first influence on my desire to play the guitar. Especially the Live versions of "God of Thunder" and "Shock Me". Another was when I heard the song "Sultans of Swing" on the radio. I distinctly remember thinking to myself that I had to learn to play guitar, if for no other reason than to someday play that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Elvis and Johnny Cash, I have had one in my hands since the age of two. I just cant imagine life with out guitars and music. Come on Donny. You find a way to insert KISS into any other topic, and here you only list Elvis and Johnny Cash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 On a whim, way back in the summer of '61, a few of us went to see these guys. I realized about 20 minutes into the "show" that they weren't working, they were having fun. Two weeks later, I was taking lessons, and two years after that I was in a cover band ^^This and I looked around and girls were drooling , I thought hmm this looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The opening notes to Up Around the Bend........... oh and The Beatles and girls. Tman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFwdcNxeOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlo Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 On a whim, way back in the summer of '61, a few of us went to see these guys. I realized about 20 minutes into the "show" that they weren't working, they were having fun. Two weeks later, I was taking lessons, and two years after that I was in a cover band The Beatles did it for me and I never looked back0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 James Patrick Page ...who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 . The Gibson Everly Brothers - . . . . . . Check out the big Gibbies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US49tQbYsg0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X7b2E_Jq-k and they did it all without STRAP PINS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I started on bass. I play bass and sang for 5 years before I ever picked up a guitar. After 5 years of playing and singing in bands I decided I had had enough of the insanity of guitar players so I learned to play a little on my own so that I wouldn't have to deal with them. Guitar players made me pick up the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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