I was probably born into it. Or as close as can be - when I think back to the earliest things I remember of childhood, the most prominent are of Dad learning the guitar and words to songs and of Mom cooking and sewing. It's just part of life. And as Dad worked to learn the notes, we listened to the words, and it didn't take him long to realize that we learned all of his songs as fast or faster than he did.

Dad would sing to us at night, visit each of our rooms and take requests or sing what he was learning. If there was a pause, as he tried to remember the words, we supplied them.

He has been gone for 15 years and those words are still floating around in my head.

I'd also like to add that some of my childhood heroes are here on Mudcat - Don Firth and Bob Nelson (Deckman) in particular. There are a lot of other names who drifted in and out, but those two were around fairly constantly.

SRS