Spending time with Family, Guitar Playing, Trout fishing, Good music, riding Motorcycles, working on my old Shovelhead, Concerts, hanging with frends, Art in various mediums, photography, camping, hiking, visiting Japan every year.
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Michael Shenker- I love his melodic and fluid guitar (listen to "Assault Attack")Ry Cooder (Mr. Soundtrack), Albert Lee, Alvin Lee,Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Billy GibbonsGlenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Dave Murray,Billy & Franklin Graham.A bunch more I would have liked to meet that have died like Randy Rhoads, Allen Collins, Buddy Holly, Duane Allman, Ray Charles, this list could be endless.Keino & Paul Cox from Indian Larry Legacy,Anthony Bourdain, Willie Nelson, Arlen Ness.......I already met Elvis at a truck stop in Bethesda, Maryland in 1987.
Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Rock, old vintage rock and blues, old country, about anything but satanic metal and (C)RAP.- Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Outlaws, Blackfoot, Zep, Beatles, Pink Floyd, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, OLD Aerosmith (no goofy bubblegum love songs please), Phil Keaggy, Montrose, Deep Purple, Rainbow, MSG, Clapton, Walter Trout, CSNY, Yes, Rush, Outlaw Country, Doors, Doc Watson, Dixie Dregs, Jeff Beck, Saxon, Priest, Maiden, Budgie. Sabbath, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Billy Holliday, Miles Davis, Chet Atkins, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Charlie Christian, Robert Johnson, Freddie King, OLD Chicago (w/ Terry Kath), Steely Dan, Humble Pie, Hendrix, Jethro Tull, Captain Beyond, Johnny Cash, KISS, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Steppenwolf, ZZ Top, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Trouble, Frank Marino, Govt. Mule, Old Van Halen, Robin Trower, Derek Trucks, Alan Parsons Project, CCR, James Gang, Pat Travers, JJ Cale, Golden Earring, Slade, Boston, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Waylon Jennings, Nazareth, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, B.B. King, Leo Kottke, Robben Ford, Elvis Presley, Hank Snow, Roy Buchanan, Fleetwood Mac, T Rex, Chuck Berry, Johnny Horton, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield, The Hollies, The Byrds, String Cheese Incident, Allison Krause, Spyrogyra, Junior Brown, Webb Wilder, Krokus, Doobie Brothers, White Witch, Eloy, Hawkwind, Fastway, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, The Blues Brothers, Radiohead, Molly Hatchett, Nantucket, Steve Miller, 10 Years After, Mountain, Django Reinhardt, ELO, Tangarine Dream, Kansas, Black Crowes, Cheryl Crowe, Little Feat, SRV, Jimmy Vaughn, Cream, Santana, Steely Dan, Mountain, The Dixie Dregs, Tommy Bolin, Ram Jam, Frank Zappa, Blue Cheer, Spinal Tap, Neil Young, Danny Gatton, Eric Johnson, Bloodrock, Roy Orbison, Steve Morse, Albert Lee, Jimmy Thackery, Dream Theatre, Queensryche, Sons of the Pioneers, STYX, Bad Co., Y&T, April Wine, Boston, Bela Fleck, New Grass, Doc Watson, Sweet, Teaze, Uriah Heep, King's X, Savatage, Riot, Steve Winwood, King Crimson, Wings, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Carpenters, Janis Joplin, Moxy, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, David (Psalms), Weezer, MC5, ............I'm gonna stop now. I could go on & on, but you get the point.
Godfather 1 & 2, Braveheart, Outlaw Josie Wales, Caddyshack,Johnny Dangerously, Woodstock,Flyboys Gangs of New York, Happy Gilmore, Master and Commander, Big Jake, Lonesome Dove, The Last Samurai, Lord of the Rings, Spinal Tap, Woodstock, The Warriors, Vacation, Band of Brothers, Longest Yard, Coolhand Luke, Jeremiah Johnson,7 Samurai,The Patriot, M*A*S*H, The Wild Bunch, Unforgiven, Raging Bull, The Longriders, Monty Python's Holy Grail & Yellowbeard, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Bonnie & Clyde, Kill Bill 1 and 2,Once upon a Time in America, Patton, The Dirty Dozen, Blade Runner, Goodfellas, A River Runs Through It, Jaws, The Dirty Dozen, Scarface, The Jerk, Blazing Saddles, Trading Places, A Christmas Story, The Dirty Dozen, Stripes, The Blues Brothers, The Buddy Holly Story,
Pro & College Football, Biker Build-off, Anthony Bordain-No Reservations, Discovery, Learning Channel, Travel Channel, Speed Channel, History Channel, ESPN, Andy Griffith (black and white only), MASH, Still Standing, VH1 Classic, old cartoons, Ninja Warrior, Austin City Limits,
The Bible, Biography type stuff, Louis LaMour, Dean Koontz, The back of Cereal Boxes, books with lots of cool pictures.I'm a man therefore I NEVER read assembly instructions
Charles Ingram (my Godfather-WW2 vet.),my Father-in-Law (lived through WW2 as a teen in Tokyo), My Mother is always an inspiraton. Just thinking about her makes me feel better (most of the time-unless it's the anniversary of her death or her birthday or something like that) Soldiers, civil servants, volunteers, AND MANY UNSPOKEN