​Why did I take guitar lessons?

Could I have learned the guitar without them?

​As I have stated in many of these earlier articles, I started taking guitar lessons when I was about 13 years old in 1976. When you're 13 years old, all that matters to you is finding your identity and fitting in with your friends. Prior to guitar, the only thing I knew how to do when I was 13, was how “not” to play basketball very well. I was good at …