8 yr old Blues Prodigy?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_en_mu/blues_kid

Since I know there are a few guitar fans on here I thought I'd post this... pretty interesting story.. at 8 yrs old the last thing I'd want to do is learn how to do something like that, I was still playing with my Tonka truck

I saw that - I am with you, though, I was not interested in guitar playing at that age. This kid reminds me of the little kid (make that former little kid) who used to play harmonica in the Clayton Miller Band. They were out of West Lafayette, so they usually played at the Jazz and Blues fest down there. That kid was AMAZING. I guess he's a teenager now, and he and one of his brothers were actually one of the finalists in "America's Got Talent" 2 years ago. But 8-9 years ago, he was a just a small fry who could really wail on the harmonica.

Anyway, good for this kid - if he really likes playing blues, it sounds like he's got himself a great head start.