Last year, every Little Leaguer wanted to be Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa. Children and adults across the country still wear the Chicago Bulls jersey with number 23, the logo of now-retired Michael Jordan.
Music is no different.
The baggy pants and backward caps introduced by rappers are standard uniform in many schools, and it wasn't too many years ago that the one-glove look of Michael Jackson was the rage. And those who are closest to the source, the students and practitioners of the art, have their own special idols and implements. In Louisville, guitar players and music-shop owners know their own, both local and international. When one asks one, and then another, local musician about other musicians in the area, the same names keep coming up as to who the better players are. And all of the guitarists, like most athletes, have someone they admire who has guided their careers.