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Guitar Playing Isn't Really For Everybody.

You Think Back To Tele Players, And James Burton Was The One Who Started It All. He Inspired Roy Nichols (guitar For Merle Haggard & The Strangers), Don Rich (guitar For Buck Owens & The Buckaroos), And Guys Like That To Push The Envelope And Expand On That Sound... I Really Identify With That Kind Of Thinking ... Those Guys To Me Are The Reason Why Any Of Us Do This.

Country Music Has Become The Music That Best Represents The Reality Of American Life.

Even On The Most Serious Ballads, I'll Throw In A Tongue-in-cheek Remark.

If I Get An Idea For A Song, I Have A Melody For It. I'm A Musician First. I'm Not Limited By The Fretboard.