I started playing guitar in 4th grade from a place in Hopkins, MN called Bud’s Music Center. I learned chords but had no idea how they all fit together to create a song. In High School, I would play three chord progressions for the local youth group but really just for fun. In college, I would mess around with a buddy that knew a lot of songs and enjoyed playing with someone else, but put it down upon graduation and didn’t pick it up again until my mid-thirties. I lived in Stockholm, Sweden for several years and MTV was big at the time. I saw a video of Eric Clapton on stage with a bunch of guitars and a cup of coffee playing this beautiful tribute to his lost son, Tears In Heaven. The next day, I bought an Ovation guitar and started taking lessons again for the first time in thirty years… I have since built a nice music room with new gear. I bought most of my stuff from Sweetwater, Guitar Center and Stevie’s Guitars. If you play like me and are interested in how a guy with my capabilities ends up playing in a band later in life, feel free to reach out.