Cooking. Music. Writing songs. Recording demos. Liverpool Football Club. The Pub. My Friends.
(To name but a few) Pete Townshend, The Who, The Doors, Joe Ely, Steve Earl, Clash, Keb Mo, Violent Femmes, Link Ray, Comsat Angels, Atv, Steve Gibbons, Steve Miller, Frankie Miller, Dr Feelgood, Stray Cats, Stones, Energy Orchard, 100 Reasons, They might be giants, AC/DC, Paul Simon, Iggy Pop, Rachel Fuller, Simon Townshend. I listen to just about anything that I can get my mits on. I like early blues and early Rock & Roll. I like a lot of American music. I like Telecaster rock. I like listening to new music. I like listening to anything that is honest. I love music !.
(Again to name but a few) Amadeus, A Man for All seasons, Dangerous Liaisons, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Kes, Rita Sue and Bob Too, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Long Distance Runner, A Clockwork Orange, Get Carter, 12 Angry Men, The Forbidden Planet.
History and Documentaries. Anything based on fact.
To many to list right now but I'm reading Alligator Strip at the moment by Chris Haslam.
I don't know about 'heroes' so much as a list of people I admire and respect.Pete Townshend.Niel Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, David Bowie, Alan Wicker, James Woods, Glyn Johns, Mo Molan, Stevie Gerrard, Charlie Watts, Roberto Duran, Sugar-Ray-Lennard, Jools Holland, To name but a few.