 Now, many people assume it was like one big hootenanny and jam session at my house growing up. It was actually just the opposite. I never saw my father pick up his guitar to practice or play at home until the 70s when he was doing his own jazz records. The last thing he wanted to do was to play or even listen to music when he came home. He didn't need to practice. He was working 12 hours a day. I knew my father went to work playing guitar, but I never comprehended how different that was to other kids' dads and moms.