I started playing guitar when I was 14, though I have loved music as long as I can remember. My first instrument was trumpet in the school band. My parents are also musical people.
I always listened to music that was “old” for me. My heroes growing up in the early 2000s were Bluesbreakers - era Clapton and Green, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Shawn Lane, young Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Sonny Landreth, John Mayer, Robben Ford, Duane/Dickey, and Derek Trucks. I also loved...