Luke Combs on Learning to Play Guitar at 21 and the Moment that Led Him to Music

Right . And so my parents had bought me a guitar in seventh grade that I never played . I did two guitar lessons and hated it because my parents wanted me to do it .

Luke Combs on Learning to Play Guitar at 21 and the Moment that Led Him to Music

I just sat on the porch when I wasn't at work , playing , playing , playing because I knew I loved to sing and I was like , well , I'll just learn how to play and then I can sing at like , parties for my buddies or whatever and taught myself all year . And then just kind of became obsessed with like learning how to play . And by the time I was 22 I'm back in school , I'm in Boone hanging out with my buddies .

Luke Combs on Learning to Play Guitar at 21 and the Moment that Led Him to Music

And so my parents had bought me a guitar in seventh grade that I never played . I did two guitar lessons and hated it because my parents wanted me to do it . You know what I mean ?

Luke Combs on Learning to Play Guitar at 21 and the Moment that Led Him to Music

And so I went in the closet and I got this old , like an Ibanez , like $50 acoustic guitar , you know , just horrendous condition . But I didn't know that , didn't know anything about guitar , didn't know what a good guitar was , didn't know nice guitars even existed . So I taught myself all summer .

Luke Combs on Learning to Play Guitar at 21 and the Moment that Led Him to Music

So I taught myself all summer . I just sat on the porch when I wasn't at work , playing , playing , playing because I knew I loved to sing and I was like , well , I'll just learn how to play and then I can sing at like , parties for my buddies or whatever and taught myself all year . And then just kind of became obsessed with like learning how to play .