 born March 27, 1936 in <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" title="Atlanta, Georgia" class="mw-redirect">Atlanta, Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> He began playing guitar at age eleven, and by age twenty, had been offered a chance to join <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller" title="Roger Miller">Roger Miller</a>'s band, but declined as he had been drafted.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_2