My father's father played fiddle. Dad didn't play anything, but he loved to listen.
Mom's family was very musical. My grand parents both played the piano, and Gram played dobro, or what she called Hawaiian guitar.
Mom's sister and brothers all played guitar. Sonny, the next oldest to Mom, played anything with strings... mandolin, uke, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and he was good at all of them. Sadly, he lost a finger in the early 80s, and gave it all up.
Mom & Dad used to have jam sessions just about every Saturday night when I was a child. That's what got me interested in playing guitar. I got my first when I was 7 or 8... a $14.95 Silvertone 3/4 size. I wish I still had it. It had a solid mahogany body, and with a saddle adjustment, would be a great little guitar.
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