Likes and loves:

Music:

I love any music that can move me emotionally. I'll listen to just about anything for a time. Country, blues, pop, jazz, or 50's and 60's. My passion though, is classic rock. There's just something about it. It doesn't matter if its a rocker or a ballad, the textures and dynamics grab me. I've played music, (drums and vocals), for 20 years now and I just live to play songs with varying degrees of intensity. Bring me up, yank the bottom out of it, make me notice the music, the words or the melody!

For a special treat, have a listen to A.J. Croce's "That's Me In the Bar". This is Jim's son. He sounds a bit like Joe Cocker, writes lyrics akin to Lyle Lovett and has more than a touch of his dad's gift of music!

Movies:

If a movie, whatever the style, makes me fall into it and escape for the duration, or forget that there are actors in it, then that's a good movie!

My favorites range from "Big" with Tom Hanks, to "Hallowe'en" the first one...I'm not big on Horror movies but man'o'man does this one work on your psyche! I love a western, John Wayne, or Audie Murphy!!

I even like romance movies a little, my favorite? "The Goodbye Girl", with Richard Dreyfuss and Glenda Jackson. Natalie gets a kick out of my little "Dreyfuss Boogie" that I did at the Indy chatmeet...remember when he's walking down the hall towards her bedroom? Uh, yeah, you've got the idea!

I also like "factual" biographies, especially if they're about music or musicians. "Lady Sings the Blues"and "Leadbelly", with Roger E. Mosely, rank at the top.

"The Committments" is probably my favorite movie about music. While not factual, I think it should be required viewing for any musician or musician-to-be is. It's a story of a young guy in Ireland that puts together "the hardest working band in the world". Rent it!! You'll end up buying your own copy! The soundtrack is EXCELLENT, filled with Wilson Pickett, James Brown and Aretha. You'll have to watch it at least a couple of times to catch all of the dialect jokes, but believe me, IT'S WORTH every second!!

Authors:

Clive Cussler--I can sit for hours and read about the exploits of Dirk Pitt and the gang from "Numa". If you're at all into Adventure and Intrigue, mixed with a little history and science, check him out! His writing is a Class Act!

Stephen King--What can I say about S.K. that hasn't already been written?

I also like delving into non-fiction music history books such as "The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll", and "Whatever Happened to....." books. Ya never know where Elvis will pop up!

At this point, I absolutely MUST thank my lady, Natalie. She's something pretty special. No words will ever describe how I feel about her. She's everything a man could ask for....and, on top of that, she looks GREAT on my arm! She also makes ME look good by being my coach, mentor and main kibitzer for my little corner of the web
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Special thanks to our chat buddy,

Am2gud4u for creating the picture above of Natalie, thinking of me!

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