It took a whole lot of begging and whining on my part, but my parents finally coughed up the dough for a guitar + lessons at age six. Once the guitar arrived my toy trains stood in the corner collecting dust–they had no chance. I took to playing chords like a duck to water. Before I was old enough to date–make that should have been old enough to date–I jumped on stage, mostly small-town shows around my town in Northern Germany with three band mates from my school.

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