A post-war baby (the “baby boomers” generation), I was born in 1947 and raised in Manchester. Throughout my childhood, I always had a love for music. In 1961, at the age of 14, I bought my first instrument, a plastic ukulele, before graduating to an acoustic guitar one year later...
Greg: When I was 10 someone showed me three chords on the ukulele, and began picking out songs by ear. I think the first songs I taught myself were Herman’s Hermits songs, as those were the records I owned. And I thought I had unlocked the Rosetta Stone. When I figured out that ...
D A9sus4 Peo-ple say you were gone too soon D A9sus4 I see your face when flo-wers bloom D A9sus4 Through her win-dow D |A9sus4 A7| Your ba-by girl's win-dow Pre-Chorus: G Em7 I'm look-ing for the words_ to say G Em7 Some-thing to take the pain_ a-way D |A9su...
When I was around 12 years old, around 1961, there was this teenage boy in our neighborhood who was playing guitar, simple songs like “Hang down your head, Tom Dooley.” This was actually the first song I learned how to play on the guitar, because it only required knowin...