Just what the world needs....

another blog, right?

Well, I'm bored today and this is the result. I'm going to use this space for random comments and thoughts on various things as they occur to me.

First subject: guitars.

I've been a guitar player for almost 50 years. The first guitar player I heard was Les Paul.... my mom played Les Paul and Mary Ford records quite a lot when I was very young, so maybe I was imprinted. When I was a teenager I was a big fan of Duane Eddy, who was very popular then (around 1960). Later I bought a Chet Atkins album based on a comment that Duane made and I was hooked. Chet became the guy I listened to the most for many years. I immediately stated to learn to play as Chet did and this was my main style of playing for many years.

Les Paul was born in 1915 and at 93 years of age is still playing today. He has a regular gig at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. He's been slowed down a lot by arthritis, but still has the magic touch.

Pictures are at www.redhotred.com . He's an amazing guy.