Like many on this thread, I started to play the guitar last year, in my 50's I may add.
My wife bought me a book for Christmas, which I just finished reading, and can recommend wholeheartedly, especially as it relates a lot to my experiences, and I'm sure to all the guitar "newbies" who've frequented this, and other guitar threads.
It's called Guitar Man (a six string odyssey) OR 'You Love That Guitar More Than You Love Me' by Will Hodgkinson.
Will dreamt of being a guitar legend but never got around to it. Now in his thirties and married with children, he decides to learn the guitar, start a band and play a gig before it's too late (where does that leave me? no gigging yet though!) During his journey, he picks up tips from Bert Jansch, Johnny Marr, Roger McGuinn and PJ Harvey, and attempts to play Davey Graham's "Anji". Will his debut gig end in bum notes, 'musical differences" and disaster?
Enjoy