I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.
If there's anybody who knew how to play in a studio, it was Duane Allman.
My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.
And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.
I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old.
The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born.
I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.
I was a born rock n' roll sax player.
I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too.