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My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe.

Both of my parents were musicians.

Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids.

Our parents were musicians.