Musical autobiography – Guitar Phase
I started playing guitar 14 years ago upon my wife’s insistence. My son Alex, then 4, was inspired by his kindergarten teach to take up the guitar and my wife, Patti, thought it was a good for me to take lessons with him. The guitar has brought me immeasurable joy ever since. I highly recommend picking up a musical instrument if you ever have a chance. My prior musical life involved the piano (age 14 – my Romanian grandmother taught me how when I broke my leg and was in a hip-high cast for 9 months) and voice (age 22 – Present) mostly German lieder (Schubert, Schumann)and French art songs (Faure), some opera (Mozart, Magic Flute).
Some of favorite guitar/vocal experiences:
1. Scarborough Fair
2. Morning Has Broken
3. Feeling Groovy
4. No Woman no cry
5. One Love, One Heart
6. Stir it Up,
7. Don’t Worry About a Thing….Three Little Birds
8. Edelweiss
9. Favorite Things—chords and riff
10. Rainbow Connection—- Sesame Street
11. Star of the County Down — Irish
12. Loch Lomond — Scottish
13. Jamaica Farewell
14. Sailed on the Sloop John B
15. The Circle Game
16. Piano Man
17. Ipanema
18. La Vie En Rose
19. Feuilles Mortes
20. La Mer
Please share your favorite