Our fascination with Guitar Hero here at Fretbase is never-ending.  We feel that it is both a blessing for the guitar world as well as a bit of a curse.  As an example of the latter, we’ve found a story over at Yahoo! about a 16-year-old kid that’s dropped out of high school to pursue a full time career as a professional “Guitar Hero”.

Blake Peebles, from Raleigh, North Carolina, is by all accounts a “sick” and “very talented” player.  His parents were, thankfully, adverse to the idea of dropping out of school, but have decided to home school Blake while he pursues his new career.

We wish Blake all the success in the world and hope that one day he decides to pick up a real guitar and find out what it’s really all about.