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"It was the sound of British invasion; the Beatles, Stones, Who, Yardbirds, Philly soul, Memphis, I liked it all. They were my first influences." "I listened to the radio a lot. I learned who wrote the songs I liked; Lennon, McCartney, Brian Wilson, Holland, Dozier, and Holland, Todd Rundgren, Don Fagen, Jim Webb, Tom Waits.... way too many to mention. "It's the song... and feel or the 'groove' of the record that's most important to me". "There are guitarists I like... especially Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson and others, but again too many to mention. "When I was 13, I got a red Harmony Roy Smeck model dual pickup electric guitar for Christmas, but I didn't get an amplifier...". "So I disconnected the needle to my dad's record player and soldered a guitar jack to the wires. I plugged in my guitar and suddenly there was this big sound. That was all it took."
"A few days later, my dad bought me an amp,
and told me to hook his record player back up."
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