From Marine Corps Deployments To Valley Songwriting Nights | The Desert Vibe · Season 2 · Ep 6

One thing I want to make sure that we mention is your guitar playing and your music is actually a family affair.

Because one of the neat things that I've encountered, I know Walt has too, because Walt hosting the Wednesday night sessions at the Tempe Center for the Arts, we oftentimes talk amongst ourselves about how cool it is to watch generations.

or to watch people progress over.

And Walt's been doing that, what, 17 years, Walt? 18.

18 years.

So you can literally see someone who's almost, you know, a generation and a half removed from where they started.

But you were first.

And then shortly thereafter, your son Waylon was up on stage with you wearing the Ginger Baker hat.

Yeah.

And doing a nice job on the bass.

So is that something he just saw dad doing it and said, that looks like fun? Did you encourage that? How did that happen?

So for whatever reason, he had gotten this idea that he wanted to play bass.

He kept asking about it.

And one year for Christmas, we went to Milano's and got that black Squire Jaguar bass that he plays all the time.

We got him that and a Fender Rumpeland for Christmas.

And, you know, it was a typical like three days.

He was all about it.

And then it sat in the quarter.

And I remember having a couple of times where I'd like walk past his room and I see that bass there and I'm like, Man, we spent money on that.

And it just sits there.

And then one day, he came downstairs.

I was doing something.

He came down.

He's like, hey, are you doing anything? I'm like, no.

He's like, can I show you something? I'm like, sure.