Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

I've been touted for my guacamole. I'll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.

A blown-out tube ripped some of the grind from the amplifier, throwing us into a momentary tizzy. The unusual sound led me to play unusually, and the recorded take turned out to be a keeper. Insriration can come from the most unlikely places ... keep your head on and your ears open.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it.

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

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up