Music, Guitars, Cigars, Cooking, People & LIFE!!!
I'd like to meet:
I've had the pleasure of meeting and knowing some of my biggest inspirations: Jimi Hendrix (RIP), Eddie Hazel (RIP), Arthur Lee (RIP), William "Biddy" Fleet (RIP) and Herbie Jones (RIP). That still that blows my mind and I know I've been blessed to meet each and every one of them. I've met some of the most wonderful people during my lifetime and I can truly say I look forward to meeting some more! That includes YOU!
Music:
24-7 Spyz, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, Arthur Lee, Claydes Smith, Black Merda, Funkadelic, Mandrill, Five Stairsteps, James Brown, Joe Williams, Todd Rundgren, Grand Funk Railroad, Graham Central Station, Love, King's X, Wynonie Harris, Louis Jordan, Fishbone, Sound Barrier, T.M. Stevens, Wes Montgomery, T-Bone Walker, Freezeebee, Paul Mauriat, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, The Veldt/Apollo Heights, Donny Hathaway, Mother Night, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Pantera, Jellyfish, Lucy Brown, Sinister Dane, Public Enemy, Donnie, Rasa, Stevie Wonder, New Birth, Rasputin's Stash, Baby Huey, Sly & The Family Stone, Mother's Finest, Hot Ice and many, many, many more! I am a MUSICNUT!!!!
Movies:
Jacob's Ladder, Bamboozled, Clockwork Orange, Watermelon Man, What Dreams May Come, History Of The World-Pt. 1, The Elephant Man, The Red Balloon, Nosferatu, Valley Of The Dolls (1 & 2)......
Television:
Having a 3 year old means you watch a ton of Sesame Street! GO ELMO!!!
Books:
Where The Wild Things Are!
Heroes:
God, Mom, Dad, Ladybug, Princess Taylor, Uncle Danny Dimes (R.I.P.), Sistah Juice, Kene Lucas, "Rockin" Rob Caines-one of the baddest DJ's and drummers the South Bronx has ever seen, The 7th Galaxy (featuring the South Bx. Superheroes A.J. Creswell & Ace Shades), Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, Ronny Drayton, Eddie Martinez, Carlos Alomar, Hiram Bullock, Nile Rodgers, Onario Mercado, Jeff Horton, Mark "Drac" Hicks, Ernie Isley, Norman Harris, Richie Havens, Charlie Singleton, Grant Green, Charlie Christian, Brother Blackbyrd McKnight, Lowman Pauling, T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Nolen, Claydes Smith, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Jones, Quincy Jones, Harvey Fuqua, Clarence Avant, Berry Gordy, my H.I. Crew brothers: Ron, Rich, Ed, Fleet, JB, James, Craig, Anthony, Derrick, Ski, Crazy Ed & Wayne) that I grew up with in the South Bronx for never becoming victims of the okidoke and remaining positive Black and Latino men to this very day, all the mentors and musicians who came before me, letting me know that being a Black Man playing the kind of music I play is not a privilage-it's a right! And all those who will come after me with their minds right, their chops tight and willing to fight the good fight! The box ain't big enough to hold back what is right and just! Heroes? Yes! And then some.....
