Trumpet didn't work so well for me when I was 7. Guitar and ukulele did a couple years later.

When I was 11, I started noticing the bass and that was all it took. Although I learned to play anything with strings, upright and electric basses were my main gig till my 2009 stroke. I gave my main performance basses to one of my daughters yesterday. I have another set for my other daughter—though she doesn't play, her husband does.

My main performance instrument is now an iPad playing bass and keys live. In the studio, I can play a bass one-handed and record by using different guitar/banjo tunings on different takes.

I never stopped singing and conducting.


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