Music, Banjos, Synthesizers, Pianos and Keyboards, Bluegrass, Audio Engineering, Alcohol, Chicks, Canoeing(sometimes), Parties, Chillin, Recording & Live Sound Equipment, Mind Alteration and Exploration (in moderation)
Les Claypool. What a weird fuckin dude; you know Primus is its own genre? Also Timothy Leary, although he is now deceased. Actually, I'd like to meet anyone on my "heroes" list that I don't already know. Hmmm, I don't seem to know anyone in my heroes list.John MedeskiRick Wakeman: Number 1 Greatest International Keyboard Player of All TimeKeith Emerson: Number 1 Greatest International Keyboard Player of All TimeAnyone else that's cool or even crazy.AIM S/N: PizzyFlavin
Flight of the Conchords, The Allman Brothers Band, Alice in Chains, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Bela Fleck Billy Preston, Bob Marley, Booker T & the MG's, Canned Heat, The Cat Empire, Country Joe & the Fish, Cream, Culture, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, Derek Trucks, The Doors, Duke Ellington, Gershwin, Gov't Mule, Herbie Hancock, J.D. Crowe, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Smith, Joe Cocker, John Coltrane, Karl Denson, Kool & the Gang, Led Zeppelin, Les Claypool, Lotus, Louis Armstrong, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Meters, Miles Davis Parliament, Pink Floyd, Soulive, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Organissimo, Perpetual Groove, Yes, ELP, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Santana, Rick Wakeman, Galactic, Lettuce,
Trudell, Stay, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Reservoir Dogs, Boondock Saints, Cheech N Chong (most), Three Amigos, Private Parts, Apocalypse Now, Sara Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, A Clockwork Orange, Dazed and Confused, Zoolander, Original Swiss Family Robinson, Dances With Wolves, Se7en, Heat, Reefer Madness, Pulp Fiction, Suspect Zero, Woodstock, Last of the Mohicans
Flight of the Conchords, Dexter, The Daily Show, Colbert Report,Weeds, Bill Maher, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Squidbillies, Cops, Sopranos, The Shield, Seinfeld, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reno 911
The Politics of Ecstasy, The Doors of Perception, Heaven and Hell, The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Way Things Work, TIHKAL and PIHKAL, Drop City, The Banjo Newsletter, Keyboard Magazine, Hammond Organ: The Beauty in the B, CD covers/booklets.
Jimmy Smith, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Earl Scruggs, Steve Martin, Bill Keith, Bobby Thompson, Courtney Johnson, Doug Dillard, Bela Fleck, Richard Wright, Bernie Worrell, Steve Molitz, Ray Manzarek, Ray Charles...and who can forget Timothy Leary and Aldous Huxley Albert Hoffman Ken KeseyAlexander Shulgin