I was around before the Beatles and Beach Boys. They got me started. I got into the greatest year in rock at 12 years old in 1967 when Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Beatles, Beach Boys, and so many more of the first wave bands hit the scene. My first concert was Sly and the Family Stone at age 15 in the summer of 1970. I saw Santana in '71 and by '72 saw Pink Floyd at Carnegie Hall, Captain Beefheart amd all kinds of jazz/rock fusion types in the Village in NYC like Larry Coryell, Pat Martino, George Benson, Chick Korea, Al Di Meola, Stanly Clarke.