Music (Blues, Rock, Soul, Funk, R and B), Computers and all things geeky. I also love machine knitting but haven't been able to do it much lately.
I'd like to meet:
Jonathan Edwards, (have loved his music for 30+ years), Bonnie Raitt, and the drunk that drove across my front yard and almost hit my daughter's bedroom a few years ago.
UPDATE: Mike and I met Jonathan and his lovely girlfriend Amy at his Dallas show on 2/16/07.
Jonathan is an approachable, very grounded, and genuinely kind man who is blessed with incredible talent and obviously still has the passion and love for his music and performing. His vocals, playing, and songwriting skills are better than ever, and Jonathan's warmth, stage presence and sense of humor made for one of the best shows we've seen in years. He just released "Live in Massachusetts" that IMHO is one of his best yet. He is currently on tour in support of this new release, so I highly recommend you check his website to see if he's headed your way. It's always been a great mystery to me why he hasn't received more attention; his music is extraordinary.
(Everyone's heard his seventies hit, "Sunshine", but if you haven't followed his music since then, you're missing out!)
FOR MORE INFO visit
www.jonathanedwards.net
and his MySpace page (see my friends below).
I posted a photo from after the show in my pics.
UPDATE 2, 3/5/07: I just found this on YouTube - a clip from a benefit Jonathan stopped to play on route to one of his scheduled performances. Enjoy!
Music:
Ruth Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Koko Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Jonathan Edwards, Luther Allison, Doyle Bramhall II, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Robben Ford, Sly and the Family Stone, Donny Hathaway, Al Green, Storyville, Arc Angels, John Mayer, GB Leighton, Malford Milligan, Barry White, Shannon Lawson, Jackson Browne, W.C. Clark, B.B. King, Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy, Saffire, Smokey Wilson, John Lee Hooker, and sooooo many more...
Movies:
Before the Music Dies, Thelma and Louise, Alice's Restaurant, Woodstock, The Secret
Television:
Gray's Anatomy
Books:
Black and White Blues by Marc Norberg == My copy is amongst my most cherished possessions.
Heroes:
See my first blog entry; I have so many I had to blog em!
