Yami

I'd like to meet:

The Lord Jesus Christ, Charles Spurgeon, Thomas Watson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Nicolo Paganini, Jacqueline du Pré, Steve Morse, .

Music:

Classical: Favorite composers: J.S.Bach (The greatest composer of all time), Nicolo Paganini (The greatest Violinist of all time), Archangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn (Probably the most underrated composer ever, in my opinion).,Handel , Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Fredric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Dimitri Shostokovich, Sir Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Krystof Penderecki, Edgard Varese.
Favorite Musicians: Jacqueline du Pré (My favorite cellist of all time), Salvatore Accardo, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Mistislav Rostropovich, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Carlo Maria Giulini.

Jazz: (NOT "Smooth Jazz") Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Ben Webster, Cootie Williams, Bubber Miley, Trickey Joe Nanton, Erskine Hawkins, Teddy Powell, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderly, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Booker Little, Booker Ervin, Freddy Hubbard, Sonny Criss, Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Jackie Mclean, Sonny Stitt, Horace SIlver, Clifford Brown, Blue Mitchell, Wardell Gray, Johnny Griffin, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Rollins, James Carter, Teo Avery, Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Kenny Garrett, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Jaco Pastorius, Ray Brown, Stanley Clarke, Pasolo Conte.

I have played guitar for 36 years - Favorite guitarists and major influences include but not limited to:

George Hardy, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Nicolo Paganini, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Uli Roth, Steve Morse, Robin Trower, Jim Roos, Johnny Winter, T Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Albert King,Johnny Guitar Watson Freddie King, B.B. King, Eric Sardinas, Junior Brown, Carlos Montoya.

Movies:

The Red Violin, Bird, Immortal Beloved, Blast From The Past, Napoleon Dynamite, Secondhand Lions, Sling Blade, School of Rock.

Books:

The Bible. Anything and everything by the following authors: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Watson, John Flavel, John Bunyan, Thomas Manton, John Owen, Richard Sibbes, William Gurnall, Thomas Goodwin, Thomas Brooks, Stephen Charnock, William Guthrie, William Bidge, Robert Traill, Matthew Henry, Matthew Poole, Thomas Boston, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards, John Gill, Charles Spurgeon, Alexander Whyte, J.P. Boyce, John L. Dagg, Percy Scholes, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Iain Murray, John Piper.