I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.

I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords