Help me Johnny Naugahyde, you're my only hope

(In this new addition to the blog ordinary fans ask extraordinary questions to be answered by Johnny Naugahyde, John the drummer's better looking cousin and multi-instrumentalist from the bands CribKickers and Prairie Dogs.)

Fan: I want to play guitar but I don't really know how to play or have any discernible musical talent, what do I do?

Naugahyde: The answer is simple Fan. Get a guitar and tune it to open-G (D G D G B D). Now you can strum it and hold a finger across all the strings and still make great chords. You can even make up your own chords by playing around with where you put your fingers. Keith Richards wrote a bunch of Stones riffs in open-G and he's a drug laced heavy drinking Englishman...imagine what you could do? Of course, alot of songs might start to sound like they're coming from the South Pacific if you're not careful. But then again that's good drinking music...mai-tais, grog, margaritas. I think the world just might be ready for the next Margaritaville and with the weather the way it is right now, I'm going to head down to the beach with my open tuned axe and write it. Maybe Recliner will even cover it.


Yours in rock,
Johnny Naugahyde