Ok, my oldest son Christopher (9) has been playing the guitar now for about 7 months and he’s getting quite good if I have to say so myself. He keeps bringing me these songs and asking me to teach them to him. Each time, they seem to get a little more difficult for him. (This is obviously a good thing and showing his development.) I am pretty flexible with what I allow him to listen to in appreciation for good guitar work. Eddie Van Halen was one of my biggest inspirations as a kid and as the lineage would have it, Christopher is heading the same direction. It started with “You Really Got Me”, then “Panama”, and now “Hot For Teacher”. I feel compelled to acknowledge why the heck am I letting my 9 year old son Christopher listen to “Hot for Teacher”. For each of us, we have to account for what we think is “reasonable” and not. That’s all I’ll say with that. Anyway, I thought it to be humorous that he was wanting to learn this particular song though. It’s pretty complicated. I went ahead and demonstrated how to play it and he then acknowledged that it was a little beyond his experience level. Sometimes I think he just tries to challenge me to see if I can even play the stuff. The time’s coming. He was listening to my Eric Johnson collection just yesterday. “Cliffs of Dover” here we come!