When I first got started, everybody was playing. At that time and place, (mid-60's in Canada), folk music was really strong. You couldn't turn around without bumping into somebody with an acoustic guitar. The guy that blew me away, and brought me back for more, was playing acoustic lead parts for Gordon Lightfoot. His name was 'Red' Shea. I bought my first guitar in 1968, and by then 'the Jimmy's' (Hendrix & Page) were my heros, but it was Red Shea that I heard playing counterpoints to Gord's vocal lines in harmonics!