| I had on several occasions brought myself to the brink | | | | ago I went to see one of my guitar heroes, Jeff Lang |
| of the momentous event and then studied the smooth | | | | play. Little did I know but this event changed my whole |
| perfect forms of each of the guitars that I owned, | | | | life. Stunned, amazed and totally dumfounded I |
| heaved a deep sigh of regret, and once again slid | | | | watched this guy take a strange fig shaped guitar, lay |
| back from the task. | | | | it across his lap and bring forth some of the best guitar |
| I kept asking myself, âWhatâs the | | | | slidinâ howling dog blues sounds that ever slid |
| problem? Youâve built a 42 foot yacht, | | | | out of the Delta. My amazement continued as Mr Lang |
| learned to fly a plane, learned a smattering of | | | | tuned and retuned for more whiny, Orientally inclined |
| languages, became a marine surveyor, but this | | | | Celtic and Asian megarythyms until I was numb. You |
| oneâs got you beat!â | | | | CANâT get that sound from a |
| It puzzled and irritated me and I thought it was beyond | | | | guitarâ¦not possibleâ¦.guess what, you can, |
| my skills but great things were to happen. Some time | | | | and he did! |