My father was an avid big band swing music (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller etc...)fan. He wanted me to play the saxaphone, so I did. Then one day I heard the song Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival. That was all she wrote for me. Man, those opening chops sent chills down my spine. Of course I was very young and impressionable but that did it for me. I've been playing ever since.
I started playing professionally when I was 16. I was playing the bars before I was old enough to legaly be in them. I've been playing in a blues r&b band for the last 4 years. I've played in country bands, Metal bands, classic rock bands, I even played a stand up accoustic bass for in a rockabilly band for two years.
It's been nothin' but fun. I still take lessons from a jazz teacher when I'm not gigging. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. :cool: