hi Alan, everyone, nice topic and cool replies smile

Around '83-'84.....
I wrote my first few after I started listening to Waylon and Willie records. I wrote 3 or 4 country songs. 3 chord simple stuff. Didn't think I wrote very well.

1988....
Got married, and just kept a flat top around to strum on when the mood hit.

2002.....
Started getting serious about playing the guitar. By then I was listening to singer songwriters mostly. Cash, Prine, Steve Earle,James Taylor. And Neil Young. Can't forget him lol.

So I got to thinking, if I can relate so much to these songs I'm hearing these days, I might be able to write some myself.

.... and my wife gets credit too. One night she said I should sell my guitar, because " You never play a whole song. You just just play half of one, and then play half another".
That kinda made me mad lol, so I wrote one that night, and played and sang it for her. She liked it and said I should write some more. So I did. grin