09/18/2024
Another reason guardian ship can be a good thing….
My guitar player broke his hand in the middle of a tour and we had to go out on the road with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I heard Charlie Sexton play at this tough old blues club in Austin. He was 13, and his brother Will, who was playing bass, was 11. I asked Charlie if he could learn our set in two days and hit the road with us. He said “sure” and we actually had to bring a guardian along because we were playing places it was illegal for him to be in. The band thought I’d lost my mind, but he really stepped up and played the s**t out of the guitar.