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I started out with nothing - and still have most of it left...
I've been a guitarist for about 40 years. I bought my first guitar when I was 16 and learned fingerpicking pretty soon afterwards. I went through my teens fed by a diet of Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Michael Chapman, Mike Cooper, Paul Simon, Jorma Kaukonen, Stefan Grossman and myriads of other guitarists - as well as Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young et al.
In recent years I've been songwriting quite a lot; I have a wide span of musical interests to feed my inspiration. I like to avoid the stereotypical song themes; some of my songs may have a political and/or a biblical flavour. Some of them are nothing more than rants. Feeling strongly about things gives my songwriting an impetus - no moons and Junes here..
I'm a picker: I have a morbid fear of dropping a plectrum (there must be a name for it ending in ..phobia), so I don't use one. A broken fingernail is thereore a minor catastrophe.
Guitars
I have a Supro steel resonator guitar (an Ozark by any other name), which I've had since 2000. You can hear that in 'Days Of Grace'. It's a delight to play, but it weighs a ton! I also own a Yamaha FG-140 which I bought as a student in 1970 (the guitar - unlike its owner - has improved with age). I also have a Squier Strat, which has been the guitar from where most of my songs have first emerged. This appears in the background of 'Crawlin' Blues.' I also have a Norman B18CW electro-acoustic which appears in the aforementioned.
If you'd like to contact me outside of Myspace, click on my email address below - [email protected] - I'd welcome feedback and it would be great to hear from you.
..I'm only in it for the music..