​The guitar is an extension of me.

I've told this story so many times in my life.

When I was a kid, the only people I knew who played any musical instruments were my old man and the three other guys in his band. There was, of course, Mrs. Myers who played the organ in church, but that was about it. None of my friends played any instruments. The world of music to me, was what I heard on the radio and when we watched American Bandstand…