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"I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music."
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"If you've been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you'll see if you have the ability or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to and you've got to love, no matter what happens."
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"The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed."
"These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms."
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"I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea."
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