44 years since my 1st. guitar lesson. My older brother Darrick played, so I had to learn too.
ELP, Led Zeppelin, Beatles ,Stones, etc... on the family stereo fueled my 6 year old curiosity.

1979 or 80 Providence Civic Center R.I. Van Halen Fair Warning tour 3rd row stage right. Michel Anthony threw us bass picks.

A good paying gig maybe ? Session work ?
Tours, sub gigs, I'm a quick study and a tastful melodious improvisor. Song writing collaboration examples can be heard here.

To many to list. Vintage American stuff.

Get Out TM, Alice in Chains, Sleep, Sonic Medusa-L.A., Thelonious Monk, Trash Titan, Funkadelic, Cornell Dupree, Warren Haynes, John Fogerty, James Gang, Gov't Mule, Cam MacInnes, Charlie Parker, Grateful Dead, Sonny Rollins, Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dead Kennedys, Black Spiders, Joshua Homme, Derek Trucks, The Cure, Rose City Rocks Music Fest, STONE AXE, Captain Beefheart, Muddy Waters, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Nirvana, House of Broken Promises, Led Zeppelin Official, Revoltaire, Eric Avery, Dimebag Darrell, Johnny Wool and the Gabardines, Eric Clapton, Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys, Rick Rubin, Kyuss Lives, Dee Dee Ramone, TURN It UP, Ronnie Mack's Barn Dance, Masters Of Reality - Official, The Who, mike watt, The Doors, Parliament, Official Tower of Power FAN Page, "Led Zeppelin", Iron Maiden, John Coltrane, *Black Flag*, The 13th Floor Elevators, Dixie Witch, RiceRokit, Johnny Winter, Neil Young, The String Cheese Incident, Dwellers, Bad Brains, 9 Chambers, Pearl Jam, 20 Foot Faces, Ramones, Angus Khan, Rage Against the Machine, Umphrey's McGee, Alternative Tentacles Records, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hawkwind, Pantera, Ray Charles, Orchid, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Official Page, The MC5, Allman Brothers Band, Cheap Trick, Kick Inside, Blue Cheer, Planet of The Abts (POA), Dean Martin, John Lee Hooker, Dread Zeppelin, The Clash, CORYELL AUGER SAMPLE TRIO, Trey Anastasio, Joe Bonamassa, Cocteau Twins, Levon Helm, SCARRED, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Furthur, MASTERS OF REALITY, RUSH, FATSO JETSON, Parosella, Brant Bjork, The Beatles, Gregg Allman, Ride the Sun, Pink Floyd, Widespread Panic, The Ghost Notes, Scrawny Johnnie, Dave Mason, Audioslave, T.Rex, Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana, Bill Hicks, Chuck Berry, Jeremiah Roiko Band, Jello Biafra, Zen Guerrilla, Sarah Goff, Cousin Junebug, BUDGIE, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Redd Kross, MachoCombo, Sasquatch, Lemmy Kilmister, Vinny Appice, Rachmaninoff, Steely Dan, Albert King, John William Coltrane, Robert Johnson, Pete Anderson, Bob Marley, David Gilmour, Jane's Addiction, Peter Frampton, AC/DC, Dali's Llama, Led Zeppelin, AHAB, Radiohead, Rammstein, Bigelf, Soundgarden Reunion, Wynton Marsalis, Sublime, Peter Green, Motrhead, Black Sabbitch, Lynette Skynyrd, Depeche Mode, Will Owsley, The Official Ronnie James Dio Fan Page, Brian Wilson, Deftones, Alain Johannes, Little Feat, Judas Priest, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie (Official), Phil Lesh, Blackberry Smoke, Devo, The Stooges, Bob Dylan, Peter Tosh, Auto Modown, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie etc...

Yep and yep.

Duane Allman.

Opening for the English Beat 4th of July fireworks show on the beach in Santa Barbara with The Sonny Mone Band 1999. 5000+ people. Busking on the streets of W.Berlin to passers by.

Dark Side of the Moon