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My first contact with the guitar was through my neighbor friend whose dad owned a Gretsch Country Gentleman, of which we were forbidden to even go near it. The musicians that my family looked up to were trumpet players like Maurice AndreРІР‚в„ў and Doc Severinsen.Р”В«ut, before I ever owned a guitar, I was so captivated by the instrument that I would draw pictures of them. My family really looked down upon rock, but didnРІР‚в„ўt really have an opinion about and seemed to tolerate the country thing that was so popular in my town. So, my first exposure to the guitar was a combination of the Beatles РІР‚вЂњ the rock and roll thing, and the country thing. I remember at the local barbershop there would be all these guitars hanging on the walls and when there were no customers, theyРІР‚в„ўd pick them up and all play. Around town there were guitars everywhere. Having said that, I grew up in LeeРІР‚в„ўs Summit, MO which is in the center of the country music aesthetic. Our family was very serious about music and it was all centered around classical and concert band music. I started playing trumpet when I was about 7 under the teaching of my brother Mike, who is five years older.

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My older brother Mike, a trumpet player of some distinction, when he was 8 or 9 was already kind of child prodigy on the instrument and my grandfather (MY motherРІР‚в„ўs father) was a professional trumpet player all his life. Even though I come from a very musical family, the guitar was considered kind of a secondary instrument. They brought to my mind a consciousness concerning the guitar that wasnРІР‚в„ўt there before. It was most personified through the Beatles and I was about 7 or 8 when the Beatles began to have hit songs. It began in the 50РІР‚в„ўs and continued into the 60РІР‚в„ўs when I caught the wave. PM: I come from the middle of the generation that viewed the guitar almost as an icon of some sort of youthful revolution. JB: When were you first drawn to the guitar.