Even as a child, Debbie Davies knew she loved the electric ''When I saw the guitar it was like, 'There you go, that's what I want to play,''' she recalled in a recent interview.
Trouble was, back in those days girls didn't play such In the '50s and '60s, certain careers were gender specific, Davies explained, and playing the electric guitar was totally a guy type of thing.
Both of her parents were rooted in piano music, so for a But Davies didn't let her dream die.
She continued to Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.
After years of piano lessons, her father finally bought her 12,'' she said. ''It was OK for females to play acoustic.
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When she hit college, Davies decided to heck with the gender barrier - she was going to play electric guitar.
''I just decided to do it,'' she said.
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