Complex sentence: Diffie's father played guitar and banjo, and his mother sang; in addition, Diffie took up singing at an early age, often listening to the albums in his father's record collection.
Split into simpler sentences: Diffie's father played guitar and banjo, and his mother sang. Following in his mother's footsteps, Diffie took up singing at an early age, often listening to the albums in his father's record collection.