The person who got me back into playing is my wife of 35 years.
About seven years ago I had pretty much stopped playing guitar. For several years I operated an independent project studio and I was spending all of my "music time" working as a producer/engineer for local artists doing demos and regional releases.
Then in 2001 my wife and I decided we'd had enough of the urban environment, bought some land on a small lake in central Florida and moved to our new rural homestead. Most of our time was taken up with clearing land and working on building a new home on our property. One evening as we were preparing dinner she asked me if I was ever going to play guitar again. I said I wasn't sure. She told me she really missed hearing me play and asked if I would just give it a try. Well seven years and six new guitars later I'm back into playing and enjoying it like never before!! Boy do I owe her
What kind of woman is my wife? I shoulda known when I first saw this picture of her in her family album!!