music, photography, travel, beaches, water, mountains, meeting new faces & going new places. Did I mention beaches?
Stevie Ray of course cause he did it his way and left us way too early but with a great legacy to remember him by. I'd also like to meet some of the early pioneers in the music industry like Tom Dowd who produced & engineered Eric Clapton when he did "Derek & The Dominoes", Skynyrd, Allman Brothers and many others however, he is no longer with us but has an awesome dvd out called "The Language Of Music" and that gave me the chance to see him at his best. Hendrix would have been someone I could have jammed with because he was way ahead of his time and didn't doo things the way everyone else did them. That's what made him the individual he was. I'd really like to meet John Paul Jones, Zeppelin's bass player. I have met Tommy Shannon & Chris Layton of Double Trouble but I was too starstruck to ask them some of the things I wanted to, mostly out of respect though. I'd really like to meet some of the brainiacs who are running this great country into the ground just so I could look them right in the eye and ask them just what in the hell do they think they are doing. I'd have to laugh if I ever had the chance to look George Bush in the eye because he just looks like a damn comic book character and I have no respect whatsoever for him or his "regime" and that's only because his actions speak way louder that his words especially when his words are meaningless ramblings coming from someone who apparently doesn't have a clue or any link to reality as we know it.
Stevie Ray, Hendrix, Chris Duarte, Joe Bonamossa, Cyril Lance, Allman Bros, Blues World Order, Johnny Winter, Blackfoot, Outlaws, (old) Skynyrd, Sin City Revival, Robert Randolf & The Family Band, Gov't Mule, Dickey Betts, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marshall Tucker with Toy Caldwell, Johnny Lang, all the great musicians in and around Greensboro, NC that are too numerous to mention (Chris Caroll get off your ass) Gary Smallwood (based in Northern VA), Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Cry Of Love, Robin Trower and of course ... Trans-Siberian Orchestra, never a Christmas without seeing them at least twice
Roadhouse, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Braveheart, Tom Dowd ... The Language of Music,
King Of Queens...humor at it's best & never a bad episode VH1 ... Behind The Music series Seinfeld ... Robot Chicken ...
Don't Sweat The Samll Things (and they're all small things) just a simple way of looking at the things in life that we spend too much time worry about.
my mom. she is so cool. She accepts me for who I am good or bad and is someone I can always count on no matter what. It's in stone when she says it so. Jody Girl is also my hero because she's always been there for me and has helped me grow in some ways I desperately needed and of course my son Jeff is my hero because he is such a cool guy and really makes me proud ... And my best friend Richard Shrader. He has been the best friend anyone could ever have. We've been thru some ups and downs but still remain solid. Plus he's the ultimate road tripper compadre and even more of a road tripper than I am when it comes to live shows. I don't know how he does it but he manages somehow even with a family and important job that takes him all over the country he manages to keep things at an even keel and gets things done. He's another that I can totally rely on no matter what. He is the man! I think he's probaly read "Don't Sweat The Small Things" or perhaps had a hand in writing it. And Stan Houck ... he's the coolest and he knows his music.