Within minutes he had everyone singing along, having a great time. His father says music is a form of communication, as his son's example shows. Making music is sharing something wonderful. They performed those songs all over the world, from Afghanistan to Iceland. As the family grew, the band grew, with spouses and younger siblings adding their voices and instruments to the songs.
Music is among people.
This, McLain says, is what he learned from his father. It's important to me. It was important to him. He taught the lessons by living them. His father doesn't have one defining lesson, McLain points out, partly because so many of the lessons weren't just about music, but life.