Slim Harpo still raining in my heart pure tone just guitar and amp. ? Who inspired you to pick up and play guitar [View all]

Sitting having coffee off this week vacation yet as usual listening to mix on I pad and Slim Harpo Raining in my Heart was playing. And as i drank my coffee and remembered figuring riff out as kid on guitar.

And i started thinking of the artists who influenced me the most that inspired me to want to pick up and play guitar and today at age 58 I’m still exploring fretboard forty eight years later.

I laid it down for almost solid year after losing my wife yet sitting thinking of awesome players and their riffs.
Toy Caldwell Marshall Tucker and one song that comes to mind is Take the highway.

Or ZZ TOP Elmore James Hubert Sumlin Jimmy Reed S.R.V. Or Hendrix I was hooked.

One of the most influential players and i was fortunate to know this man was a guy by name of Jay a burned out Vietnam vet alcoholic who worked in Steel mill who took me a ten year old kid and taught me.

And Jay opened up the fretboard to me that has shaped my way of playing to this day Jay introduced me to early blues players playing records then showing me on the guitar.

In teaching me triads or in style Curtis Mayfield. In teaching me hammer one trills blues turn arounds no wonder I’m a union freight hauler instead of completing homework.

I was trying to figure out whipping post or Blue sky after school oh here is and to our D.U. Neighbor Diamond dog the James Gang a garage band that was pure in tone.

And to this day I’m very clean player mostly amp one watt Marshall or black star 10 watt I had modded no pic only a pic for attack all fingers manipulating tone volume pots.
As for pedals very little my go too pedal is veretex version of Dumble amp then not sure cuz I’ve never played through a dumble.

I remember jay saying to me a young ten year old holding up his hand fingers dude use your fingers and no brag I don’t brag yet in closing my whole journey I’ve been fortunate in being taught by great players like Jay or today studying on true fire website.

Gonna kick back got my road clothes in the worsher a nod to my Appalachian grandma.