I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

Even though there's reasons to try things that may or may not work, it's still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.

I figured out how to get the guitar to rumble...I put it on the middle pickup, turn the tone know down, grab it by the wang bar, and just shake it on the floor... a Stratocaster is pretty tough - I wouldn't recommend that anybody do that with their ES-335

But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.