Piano Lesson

When I was about 8 years old the song, Davy Crockett, was played often on the radio. I figured out how to play it by ear on our piano and played it constantly. It didn't take long for my father to get really tired of hearing it.

One afternoon after I had played that song for the umpteenth time, my father sat down next to me at the piano and said, "Let me show you how to play something that's even better than Davy Crockett. Let me show you how to play boogie." He then played a few bars of boogie on the piano. He taught me how to play the three chord progression which is the basis for blues, boogie, and most early rock and roll.

I was hooked and my father never had to listen to Davy Crockett again.