I'm mostly interested in playing, writing, producing (or helping somebody do any of the above) music that's positive, encouraging, inspiring, fun... Been a round or two with alcohol and drugs so I'm particularly interested in helping people struggling with addictions-not to suggest that I've got it licked by any means, but "we all need somebody to lean on"
I want to meet anyone that wants to meet me or anyone I can be of some help to ...Jesus, Helen Keller, any of the Beatles, David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Ingmar Bergman, Mother Maybelle Carter, A.P. Carter, Sara Carter, Crazy Horse, Adam, Dolly Parton, Cain, Melchizadeck, Blaze Starr, Mark Twain, Michael(the archangel), Molly O'Day, Bob Dylan, Joseph Spence, Son House, Louis Armstrong, Ezekial, Tim Burton, George Catlin, Jimi Hendrix, Son House, Charles Bukowski, just to name a few...
I love The Carter Family, The Beatles,Merle Travis, Roy Acuff, Flatt and Scruggs, The Earl Scruggs Review, (in other words anything involving Earl Scruggs), "Live", Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Uncle Dave Macon, John Hartford, The Louvin Brothers, Joseph Spence, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Jerry and Tammy Sullivan, Connie Smith, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston...and a whole bunch of other stuff "and when you leave this life for a better home someday, the only thing you'll take is what you gave away"-Grandpa Jones "I am you and you are me and we are He and we are all together" John Lennon "she'll hand you a nickel, she'll hand you a dime, she'll ask you with a grin if you're having a good time" Bob Dylan "Keep on the Sunny Side" The Carter Family "It's Never 2 Late To Have a Happy Childhood or Be Who You Might Have Been"
Babe, The General (Buster Keaton,)Life is Beautiful, Life, North by Northwest, Wild Strawberries, Amelie,The Seventh Seal, The Journey of Man, Let it Be, Big Fish, The Worlds Fastest Indian, Dances with Wolves,Batman, Cool Hand Luke, anything with Jack Nicholson or Anthony Hopkins or Al Pacino or ...
I watch very little televison- when I do get around to watching it usually it goes straight to the Discovery, History, Learning, or A & E Channels, or to PBS
anything encouraging, positive, inspiring, or thought provoking- scriptures, anything by Bill Bryson,Helen Keller, Mark Twain, James Carse,books about musicians or records etc I like, and the new books out by Mister Rogers
My Dad, Jesus, Wade Garrett, Curt Ballard, Banks Patterson,Red Roberts, Louise Scruggs,Earl Scruggs, Harold Chriscoe, Joseph Spence, W.T. Pate, Mother Maybelle Carter, Merle Travis,John Hartford and many more