I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
