Who inspired you to play guitar ?

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  • Adam I
    Adam I Posts: 13
    Mike Mccready and my godbrother. He always use to play this old skool thrash stuff on his SG.
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Mike McCready
    2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
    2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
    2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
    2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
  • Gibson72
    Gibson72 Posts: 1,245
    Keith Richards - Brown Sugar
    I was 8 when I first heard it & my dad got me a guitar the next week along with lessons.

    Then shortly after--girls. I saw what the guitar player in bands did to them & I wanted that !
    Gibson1972
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Jimi Hendrix. Saw Jimi live twice and said- man, I want want to do THAT some day. And I STILL want to play like that someday. Hey, I'm getting there... just me me another 50 years.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • F5AgainstOne
    F5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    I think it was a combination of the following all hitting me at roughly the same time.

    Angus Young, Joe Perry and Tony Iommi

    After I was able to get some of that stuff under my belt,

    Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix.
    EV Solo Boston 6/16/11
    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
    Fenway 2016 #1
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    Fenway 2018 #1
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    Pj for sure
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
    2025: Hollywood II
  • Kevin Wilson
    Kevin Wilson Posts: 333
    I got into music mainly because of pearl jam if not for them I'm not sure where I would be. Definitely a lifetime of inspiration for me!
    Makes much more sense.................
    To Live......................
    In the present tense.
  • Dirty Mosquito
    Dirty Mosquito Chicago Posts: 621
    edited September 2011
    Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    pearl jam. i got to tell mike in 08. gave me a pick. blushed like a school girl
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett, Wes Montgomery, and John Martyn.

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