Travelling, meeting genuine people, reading, writing, music, music production, Playing Guitar and Harmonica, film production, photography, networking, keeping fit, walking, sight seeing, Cultures, History and the Future, Watching all kinds of sports favourites being Football and Tennis especially Wimbledon.
Sir Cliff Richard, John Robert Walmsley Stott, Gavin Peacock.
Jazz, Blues, R&B, Rock'N'Roll, Rock, Folk, Country, Christian, Gospel, Soul, Reggae and Classical. The following list of artistes is in aphabetical order.Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Henry "Red" Allen, Bernard Addison, Oscar Aleman, Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons, Allman Brothers, Duane Allman, The Animals, Louis Armstrong, Laurindo Almeida, Billy Boy Arnold, Kokomo Arnold, Irving Ashby, Charles Aznavour, Herb Alpert, Andrews Sisters, Chet Atkins. Chet Baker, Billy Bauer, Eddie Boyd, Bix Beiderbecke, Ishman Bracey, William "Count" Basie, Chris Barber, Tony Bennett, Bad Company, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, David Bowie, Joan Baez, Captain Beefheart, George Benson, Edgar Broughton Band, Teddy Bunn, Byrds, Donald Byrd, Booker T & The MGs, Fontella Bass, Brian Bennett, Blind Faith, Mike Bloomfield, Sidney Bechet, Rory Block, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett, Graham Bond Organisation, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, Ray Brown, Roy Brown, Willie Brown, Clifford Brown, James Brown, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks, Kenny Burrell, Danny Barker, Dave Barbour, George Barnes, Hank Ballard, Long John Baldry, The Band, Big Bill Broonzy, Bobby Bland, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Roy Buchanan, Barbecue Bob, Burt Bacharach, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Sarah Brightman, Bee Gees, Don Byas, Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett. Cab Calloway, Al Casey, Benny Carter, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Ornette Coleman, Kenny Clarke, Stanley Clarke, Cream, Eric Clapton, Leroy Carr, Canned Heat, John Collins, Ry Cooder, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Jimmy Cliff, Ida Cox, Albert Collins, Chick Corea, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Eddy Clearwater, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chicken Shack, Charlie Christian, Robert Cray, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, James Cotton, Sonny Clark, Buck Clayton, Eddie Condon, Bing Crosby, Joe Cocker, Eddie Cochran, Commodores. Bill De Arango, Paul Desmond, Hal David, Bo Diddley, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Eric Dolphy, Eddie Durham, Derek & The Dominos, Spencer Davis Group, Doobie Brothers, Blossom Dearie, Bob Dylan, Willie Dixon, Rev.Gary Davis, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Bobby Darin, Fats Domino, Deep Purple, The Drifters. David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Ronnie Earl, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Herb Ellis, "Sleepy" John Estes, Bus Etri, Bill Evans, Duane Eddy, Everly Brothers. Georgie Fame, Tal Farlow, Art Farmer, Jean "Matlo" Ferret, Free, Fleetwood Mac, Blind Boy Fuller, Jessie Fuller, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Erma Franklin, Lowell Fulson, Jose Feliciano, Connie Francis, Billy Fury, Four Tops. Stan Getz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Arvin Garrison, Slim Gaillard, Red Garland, Marvin Gaye, Rory Gallagher, Barry Galbraith, Grant Green, Freddie Green, Lil Green, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Grateful Dead, Groundhogs, Great Society, Jerry Garcia, Woody Guthrie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordan, Stephane Grappelli, Wardell Gray, Tony Grimes, David Gilmour. Lional Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Harris, Wynonie Harris, Jet Harris, George Harrison, Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Al Hendrickson, Jimi Hendrix, Humble Pie, Howlin Wolf, Earl Hooker, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Slim Harpo, Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Hodges, Joe Henderson, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Buddy Holly, Brenda Holloway, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Freddie Hubbard, Tubby Hayes, Bill Haley & The Comets. Isley Brothers. Illinois Jacquet, Elvin Jones, Quincy Jones, Etta Jones, Etta James, Elmore James, Harry James, Skip James, Keith Jarrett, Little Walter Jacobs, Blind Lemon Jefferson, J.J.Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Pete Johnson, Marv Johnson, Scott Joplin, Janis Joplin, Louis Jordan, Mick Jagger, Jefferson Airplane, Elton John, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson. Barney Kessel, Alexis Korner, Freddie King, B.B. King, Albert King, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Carl Kress, Diana Krall, The Kingsmen. Nappy Lamare, Eddie Lang, K.D. Lang, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, J.B. Lenoir, Furry Lewis, Mance Lipscomb, Huddie(Lead Belly)Ledbetter, Peggy Lee, Alvin Lee, John Lennon, Louisiana Red, Loving Spoonful, Julie London, Humphrey Lyttleton. Billy Mackel, Pat Martino, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Hank B Marvin, Tony Meehan, Matt Monro, Marvelettes, Big Maybelle, Memphis Minnie, Charles Mingus, Glenn Miller, Carmen McRae, Oscar Moore, Magic Sam, Bob Marley, Taj Mahal, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee, Thelonious Monk, Scotty Moore, Jelly Roll Morton, Gerry Mulligan, Wes Montgomery, Dick McDonough, John McLaughlin, Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Jane Morgan, Hank Mobley, Tommy McClennan, Carman Mastren, Johnny Mathis, Moby Grape, Paul McCartney. Fats Navarro, Olivia Newton-John, Herbie Nichols, Robert Nighthawk, Rick Nelson. Odetta, Anita O'Day, Joe "King" Oliver, Mary Osborne, Johnny Otis. Remo Palmieri, Joe Pass, Jimmy Page, Pretty Things, Wilson Pickett, Pinetop Perkins, Carl Perkins, Billy Preston, Charley Patton, Robert Petway, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Les Paul, Cole Porter, Art Pepper, Ottilie Patterson, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley. Ike Quebec, Quicksilver Messenger Service. Jimmy Raney, Django Reinhardt, Allan Reuss, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Cliff Richard, Keith Richard, Diana Ross, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Fenton Robinson, Otis Redding, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, Ma Rainey, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, Shorty Rogers, Blind Joe Reynolds, Sonny Rollins, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Russell, Tim Rice. Artie Shaw, Woody Shaw, George Shearing, Jimmy Shirley, Zoot Sims, Houston Stackhouse, Carlos Santana, Ronnie Scott, The Shadows, Sade, Savoy Brown, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Staple Singers, Supremes, Frank Sinatra, Phil Spector, Dusty Springfield, Clara Smith, Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Floyd Smith, Otis Spann, Speckled Red, Victoria Spivey, Kay Starr, Edwin Starr, Ringo Starr, Roosvelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Sonny Stitt, Hubert Sumlin, Shangri LAS, Syreeta. Tampa Red, Art Tatum, Sonny Terry, Hound Dog Taylor, Eddie Taylor, Koko Taylor, Mick Taylor, Jack Teagarden, Frank Trumbauer, John Trueheart, Lennie Tristano, Eli "Lucky" Thompson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thornton, Carla Thomas, Irma Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Nicky Thomas, Temptations, Mel Torme, Ike&Tina Turner, Ten Years After, Them, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Stanley Turrentine, Ali Farka Toure, McCoy Tyner, Peter Tosh. George Van Epps, Charlie Ventura, The Ventures, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Otto Virgial, Robby Vee, Gene Vincent. Muddy Waters, T Bone Walker, Junior Walker & The Allstars, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Efferge Ware, Leonard Ware, Johnny"Guitar"Watson, Peetie Wheatstraw, "Sonny Boy"(John Lee Curtis)Williamson I, "Sonny Boy"(Alex Rice Miller) Williamson II, Big Joe Williams, Robert Pete Williams, 'Baby Face'Willett, Nancy Wilson, Teddy Wilson, Ben Webster, Chuck Wayne, Junior Wells, Mary Wells, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Lloyd Webber, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Grover Jr. Washington, Oscar"Buddy"Woods, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Ethel Waters, William "Chick" Webb, Josh White, Bukka White, Sippie Wallace, Jimmy Witherspoon, Amy Winehouse, Bert Weedon, Bruce Welch, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts. Yardbirds, Lester Young, Neil Young. Frank Zappa, ZZ Top.
Spartacus, Three Hundred Spartans, Troy, Alexander, Ben Hurr, Cleopatra, Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, The Story Of David, David And Bathsheba, Solomon and Sheeba, The Bible-In The Beginning, The King Of Kings, Greatest Story Ever Told, Jesus Of Nazareth, The Passion Of The Christ, Samson and Delilah, El Cid, Magnificent Seven, The Last Of The Mohicans, Geronimo, Rebel Without a Cause, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Dr Zivago, Masquerade, The Time Machine, The King and I, Ray, Spiderman, Titanic, Great Expectations, Ghandi, The Godfather, Beckett, Hunchback of Notra Dame, My Life, The Others, Brokeback Canyon, Road To Hong Kong, Road To Morocco, Road To Bali. Favourite Actors/Actress' Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Richard Burton, Peter Cushing, Sidney Poitier, Robert Powell, James Mason, Herbert Lom, Edward G. Robinson, Anthony Quayle, Richard Egan, John Crawford, Jeremy Brett, James Nesbitt, Bradd Pitt, Willem Dafoe, Mel Gibson, Robert Foxworth, Jamie Foxx, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Ben Kingsley, John Ireland, Errol Flynn, Richard Attingborough, John Derek, Henry Wilcoxon, George Sanders, Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey, Robert Wagner, Robert Fuller, Robert Horton, Peter O'Toole, Annette O'Toole, Olivia Hussey, Hedy Lamarr, Angela Lansbury, Anne Bancroft, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Hopkins, Michael York, Orlando Bloom, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Jeffery Hunter, Bob Hope, Sean Bean, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwick, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster. ....
Documentaries, Historical TV movies, American Soaps, Sci Fi, Mysteries. Favourite TV Programmes: The South Bank Show, Panorama, Songs Of Praise, The Sky At Night, Jeremy Kyle Show, Unsolved Mysteries, FBI Files, Forensic Detectives, Sunset Beach, Days of Our Lives, Another World, The John Walsh Show, Judge Judy, Dr Who, Supernatural, Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Sharpe, Hornblower, The Outer Limits, Medical Investigation, FBI Files, American Idol, Inspector Morse, I'm a celebrity let me get out of here. Favourite Mini Series: The Passion, The Bible.
THE HOLY BIBLE, Biographies, Historical and Novels. Favourite Biographies: BIRD The Legend Of Charlie Parker Edited by Robert Reisner, CHARLIE PARKER His Music and Life by Carl Woideck, DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BILL EVANS How My Heart Sings by Peter Pettinger, THE LIFE OF BOB DYLAN BY Howard Sounes, "CAN'T BE SATISFIED" THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MUDDY WATERS by Robert Gordon, BIG BOSS MAN the life and music of JIMMY REED, 'CHUCK BERRY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, A LIFE OF J.M. BARRIE by Lisa Chaney, 'C.S. LEWIS THE BOY WHO CHRONICLED NARNIA' by Michael White, 'J.K. ROWLING' by Sean Smith, 'MY LIFE' BILL CLINTON, 'BLAIR' By Anthony Seldon, 'RAY CHARLES MAN AND MUSIC' by Michael Lydon, 'GOT A REVOLUTION The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin, 'All TOO BEAUTIFUL''STEVE MARRIOTT' by Paolo Hewitt and John Hellier,'ALL THE RAGE IAN McLAGAN', ROOM FULL OF MIRRIORS BIOGRAPHY OF JIMI HENDRIX by Charles R Cross, 'SATISFACTION' BIOGRAPHY OF KEITH RICHARDS by Christopher Sanford, THE STONES by Philip Norman. Favourite Books: THE HOLY BIBLE, UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE by John Stott, BASIC CHRISTIANITY by John R.W. Stott, THE BIBLE JESUS READ by Philip Yancey, THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST by John Piper, THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN by Alan Lomax, 'GOT A REVOLUTION' The Turbulent Flight Of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin. PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde, ILIAD, ODYSSEY and ANEID by Homer, HELEN OF TROY by Margaret George, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger. Favourite Authors Fiction: Ian Flemming, James Hadley Chase, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens. Favourite Historical Authors: Homer, Tom Holland, Paul Cartledge. Christian Authors: John Piper, John R.W. Stott, Tim Lahaye, John Prichard, John Drane, Philip Yancey.
The Lord JESUS CHRIST is my only true hero, however, the following list are people I have a huge amount of admiration and respect for. Cliff Richard, Gavin Peacock, Billy Graham, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Noah, Abraham, King David, Joseph, Moses, Ruth, Esther, King Solomon, Jeremiah, Saint Paul, Leonidas I, Alexander III, Cleopatra, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Beckett, Francis of Assi, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Tim Rice, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Leonardo Da Vinci, Louis Armstrong, B.B King, Nat King Cole, Willie Dixon, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Quincy Jones, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Bonnie Raitt, T.Bone Walker, Charlie Parker, Joanne Rowling, Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton, Tony Blair, Cherie Blair, David Blunkett.