Red blazers too spendy, but they sure would have been cool

I have a lot of rock and roll heroes, but Ricky Nelson is the reason I started playing guitar back in eighth grade. Everyone knew Ricky Nelson and his brother David, the two sons on a television sit-com called “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” Ricky started playing guitar and singing in real life, and he had a string of simple songs that appealed to love-struck teenagers. He started doing songs on the television show, too, which prompted me to order a $35 arch-top acoustic guitar from the Montgomery Ward catalog.

By: Terry Woster, The Daily Republic