I'm 48, started playing 35 years ago. Saw Rory Gallagher play Birmingham Town Hall in '67, started playing semi-pro at 15 in '68, shared various bills with Rory, Free, Nazareth, East of Eden, Groundhogs,Earth (later Sabbath), Band Of Joy (Plant), and many, many seriously good local West Midlands bands in the UK. Retired in '72 due to woman trouble. Left hander, played custom Danelectro Longhorn with single humbucker (long gone) and Les Paul (still have) through pair Park 150w heads into Orange 4x12's. Now have l/h Ibanez custom 540 as well as Laney/ Vox combos, and thinking of working again, found Tascam 4 track ideal in sharpening old skills!
Any UK members remember Mother's Club in Eardington, Birmingham, or the Chequers in Cutnall Green? Got plastered there with John Bonham in '67!
"Its what you DON'T play that sets you apart from the mundane."