WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH YOUR LIFE ???
 
I WANNA ROCK !!!
 

I already rock. Now I roll. Downhill. It's faster than walking and I'm quite round anyway.

I thought I was not in shape...,but I was told round is a shape.

I am not kidding when I say Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda was the main impetus for me to start playing guitar.
 
It's of course kind of silly but yup... good ole Eddie Fingers is what made me cross over to the wank side.
 
To be fair I first heard them when I was 6 and combobulated the inital foundation of my life's grand scheme over the next six years at which point I had finally screeched and squealed enough to the "adults" in my world to convince them that they should totally buy me guitar crap and maybe spring for a few lessons.
 
And then... IT... began.

Beepster
 
And then... IT... began.

The glacierly slow production of tracks? 

Beepster
I am not kidding when I say Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda was the main impetus for me to start playing guitar.
 
It's of course kind of silly but yup... good ole Eddie Fingers is what made me cross over to the wank side.
 
To be fair I first heard them when I was 6 and combobulated the inital foundation of my life's grand scheme over the next six years at which point I had finally screeched and squealed enough to the "adults" in my world to convince them that they should totally buy me guitar crap and maybe spring for a few lessons.
 
And then... IT... began.

They were a huge influence on me. It was the other half, Jay Jay French, that gave the confidence to pick up the axe. French did a very down to earth column in Guitar for the Practicing Musician that explained simple things like how to form a band. Gave me a reason to practice, and dare to dream bigger than just hanging out in my bedroom.

They were no influence on me at all.
 
 
Except for the fingerless mittens, very useful those.

To play guitar, I was influenced by The Beatles. They first arrived in the USA on my 11th birthday in 1964.
 
To play the bazz I was influenced by Jimi Hendrix. I realized I'd never be a lead guitarist once I heard him.

Saw them countless times in their club days. I lived a few blocks from the L'Amour rock club in Brooklyn, so I basically saw every show they played there. 3 sets a night. Fantastic performers and very, very tight. Always had a good time.

So I was supposed to be influenced by someone?  Maybe that's why my guitar playing never came close to my so-called "potential..."