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Smoked 45 years. Quit in 2001 after a five way heart bypass. People with heart disease who smoke are idiots. So nice to be free.
Always had a problem with a too smooth singing voice. My solution is to sing hard for a couple of hours the day before a gig. Being a tad hoarse is good for me.That roughs me up fine for unlimited nights in a row. A week off or more necessitates burning it in again.

Hi ryangordon 1986,
My path followed tibernius. I played a hundred guitars in pawn shops. I would ask for a guitar that looked bad and played good. Often the clerk would have one stashed somewhere that was more interesting than most. I bought a mid - 70's Yamaha dreadnought acoustic that plays and sounds just right. I glued a pickup beneath the bridge that sounded good until I took that guitar sailing too many times. The pickup died but the Yamaha has such a big sound I don't need an electric guitar until the crowd numbers more than twenty (twelve if they're drinking). I paid $200. The Yamaha may be worth $300 but the big sound and low action are priceless to me.
Bought a 1960 Gibson 330 archtop electric in 1968 from a band mate. It had a short neck for rhythm and the old single wound, mellow Gibson pickups. It's been my electric axe ever since.
My wife watched a Antiques Roadshow about old guitars. She was pleased to tell me my 330 may be worth between $2,000 and $12,000 depending on the sound. It sounds great!

A guitarist near here has a black box that records a rhythm line he lays down. When he reaches the end of his chord progression, he steps on a foot pedal that loops it and repeats the progression over and over while he plays lead along with it.
So cool! Gotsta get me one.