When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.

Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.