re: #188 Barefoot Grin
Two years ago I bought a guitar for my older son because he seemed interested. He never plays. Now my younger son has become a total Marshall Crenshaw fan. He is sneaking his brother’s guitar and teaching himself “Cynical Girl” and “Maryanne,” his two favorites at the moment.
I started playing guitar about a year after graduating from high school. From 3rd grade on I had been in band (clarinet, sax, then on to French horn, trumpet, flugelhorn). I wanted to sing and just couldn’t figure a way to do it while playing trumpet :-), so guitar it was as accompaniment.