[b_sharp]

I started with heavy rock (led zep, slade, uriah heep...) went to blues and am now doing my best to learn jazz. I have a younger brother who started the way I did but ended up joining a country band which he played with for quite a few years. He's been trying to turn me to jazz but at my age I'm finding the change of genre a bit difficult.

I too have a few 'unfinished works' sitting on my desk.

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(I would have used cheers, or adios, or something equally nice, but those have been taken.)

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"I started with heavy rock (led zep, slade, uriah heep...) "

I started out with bands like Van Halen, Zep, Ozzy, Rush. Then as I got a little older I was introduced to old blues and some older country. One of the things that attracted me to it was the more mature lyrics (especially in the country) as compared to some of the heavy metal I had been into to. I'm 34 now and it's hard to see myself exclusively listening to or singing the metal stuff. I do still like a bit of it, but some of the lyrics are cringe-worthy. I never liked 99% of the *hair-bands* of the mid to late 80's for that reason (the music stunk too).

I would love to learn jazz too, but it's a very foreign style for me. It would be nice to be able to at least throw in some jazz licks a la Willie Nelson to enliven things a little. And, after 26 years of playing, I still haven't learned to read music. I really need to push myself to do that.