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I was put on stage at the "Surfside" in Clearwater Beach Fla., in 1970 at age 12.

 

Was fronting a band in Apache Jct. Az at age 17, drinking beer and getting $25.00 a night, 3 nights a week.

 

I couldn't quit if I wanted to.

 

I've tried.

 

I just can't......

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It was my destiny and resistance was futile!!

 

I truly fell in love with the Kiss Destroyer albums Side A

Detroit Rock City, King of the Night time World, God of Thunder and Do You Love Me.

 

I had to make that sound on my own!!

 

My Dad was a natural Piano player and it seems guitar is the same for me.

I just started playing and haven't looked back or taken a break.

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To be honest with you I started playing because there was a guitar teacher three houses down from my parents. I already played the piano for 5 years (started at 8) so I wanted to do something different. I kept up both but I was always a much better piano player than guitar player. I decided to get back into to music a few years ago to help me relax. I knew that I could never be the same piano player as in my youth because I literally practiced for 6+ hours a day back then. I'd got too frustrated on piano and couldn't relax. But I thought I could become a better guitar player than in my youth. So I'm having fun while (hopefully) getting better.

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Ol' Gill came closest:-

I love to play for nothing but the sheer joy of it, that and expressing myself

through music to make people understand how I feel inside, or possibly not.

 

Only wild women and fast wheels are on a par with that satisfaction.

 

I used to hear Mick singing how he couldn't get no satisfaction. Aaaah.

I used to think nope - that's 'cause Keith and Ronny are where it's at.....

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I play guitar for the same reason I play sax, wind synth, flute, drums, voice, bass, and keyboards:

 

It's not what I do, it's what I am

 

My earliest memories are playing with musical toys. I tried to get out of music a couple of times, thinking I should be a normal, productive member of society, but it didn't work. I returned to music, there is a nice Mark Murphy song that says it all:

 

"I return to music,

surrendering to a song,

sweet harmony sets me free,

and I'm back where I belong."

 

Insights and incites by Notes

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