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At the age of ten, I saw for the first time my uncle playing the guitar. At the time he did some "Shadows" stuff. From that day I knew I would become a musician. Because I didn't know where to start and how it was possible to make notes on a guitar, I became a drummer by accident. In those days it was easy. You only had to hit drums with two sticks. You could do a lot with a four-quarter blues-based tempo... But soon I discovered that this wasn't creative enough. So I started to teach myself to play the guitar. At the age of fifteen I started my first band. This was the beginning of my musical experiences. I became more familiar with techniques and musicians. As soon as I finished school I became a guitarist for local bands... During the last 40 years I played, besides steady bands, partly freelance with some fine and also experienced musicians. Here are some of my favourite bands from South to North.