Aging myself here, I too was in "garage band" before I learned to drive. Our mother's took us to and from practice and, believe it or not, paying gigs. After football games dances in the rec center were our mainstays as they didn't pay very well and fit the payers budget. Mostly played Louie Louie, Gloria and Midnight Hour because we knew the chords and most of the words. Terrible musicians but great memories made in the process. I had an old Gibson SG with a repaired broken neck blasting through a Sear's Silvertone twin 12" amp (I still have the amp). Trying to be cool.