Alan and Tim

This is Alan Camden in front, my brother Tim Dittmer in back. I got to play with this proficient band only once at a Gary Indiana Emerson High School music contest, 1965 or 66, because pianos aren't portable.
As I watched them perform walking back and 
forth across the stage I learned a great lesson: ALWAYS BUY THE LONGEST GUITAR CHORDS AVAILABLE.
We three also played for a friend of mine during that same contest. Her name was Jennifer, an eighth grader who was a classical soprano with a full range voice. She sang the song The End of the World.
Because of her interest in music, and the fact that we had the same lunch hours,  my eighth grade friend Jennifer and I met everyday for lunch, even though I was Senior. This caused a great deal of stress for her boyfriend.
Tim, my brother, was an excellent musician, guitarist, vocalist with the ability to harmonize.
Alan was a gifted guitarist. I was there when he first started picking up the guitar, and within weeks of first starting he was playing a style I now recognize as the Chet Atkins style. He would pick out the melody, and simultaneously also pick an alternating bass and chords.
He was so good at that style that when I first heard Chet Atkins years later, I briefly wondered if Chet stole the style from Alan.