Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
My dad never played, but he loved music. He had a huge collection of classical and jazz music that he played all the time, there was always music in the house.

I first really wanted to play myself when I saw the Beatles on the Sullivan show back in '64, I was 10 at the time. Bugged my parents for a guitar, and they got me this $10 acoustic from the sears catalog for Christmas. It was unplayable but I didn't know that at the time, I spent many hours struggling with it before I came to the conclusion that I didn't have what it took to be a guitarist.

So, I got into piano instead, took classical lessons for a few years but also had no problem picking up the pop songs of the day by ear. Also played Tuba in the school band for a couple of years :P

Then when I was 15 a friend of mine got an electric guitar and showed me a few things, I was able to play the house of the rising sun arpeggios (very badly!) after a week or two.
So I got my own electric, a Silvertone, and by the time I was 16 I was in a band playing gigs. Back then (late 60s, early 70s) live music was king, quite easy to get gigs.

The rest is history I guess, been playing guitar ever since.

Your musical beginnings seem very colorful and varied! The piano, tuba, and guitar are all very different. Sounds like it was quite the adventure!

Cheers,
Ember