>>Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grapelli - the Hot Jazz Club stuff >>Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond >>Bill Evans – it doesn’t get any better than that >>Ahmad Jamal >>Keith Jarrett’s Koln Concert >>Duke Ellington ( with props to Billy Strayhorn for Lush Life ) >> especially The Mooch and Black and Tan Fantasy >>Gershwin >>Cole Porter >>Lambert, Hendricks and Ross >>Puccini – everything – but Nessun Dorma makes me cry >>Mascagni - The Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticanna >>Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez >>All Villa Lobos but especially the 12 studies for solo guitar >>Albeniz >>Piazzolla >>Klezmer music >>Great Dixieland ( American Klezmer <s> ) >> >>Dave Grisman, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Rob Wasserman, Daryl Anger >>and every incarnation of the David Grisman Quintet/Quartet >> >>Bela Fleck and anybody who ever was a Flecktone >> >>Things I never get tired of : >> >> Dark Side of the Moon >> Wish you were here >> Hotel California >> Desperado >> Red Octopus >> Aqualung >> 4 Way Street – CSN&Y >> Kind of Blue – Miles Davis et al >> W.S. Walcott Medicine Show – The Band >> Soundtrack from The Last Waltz >> (Winterland,Thanksgiving, 1976 – I still have my ticket stubs ) >> Clapton – Layla ( acoustic ) >> Professor Longhair >> Dr. John – the New Orleans piano stuff only >> >>Isley Brothers - Shout >>Talking Heads - Slippery People >>Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit >>Joe Zawinul - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy >>Matt Dennis - Angel Eyes >>Skynrd – The Smell >>Billy Joel - Keepin' the Faith >>Monte Alexander – Battlehymn of the Republic >>Al Cooper, Mike Bloomfield – Season of the Witch ( from Super Sessions) >>Commander Cody – Beat me Daddy, Eight to the Bar >>Jerusalem (Elgar version – still can’t get through it without choking up ) >> >>The Four Tops >>Dire Straits >>The Nylons >>Heart >> Magic Man >> White Lightning and Wine >> >>Simon and Garfunkel >> >>Leonard Cohen - especially >> Sisters of Mercy >> The Master Song >> Suzanne >> Dress Rehearsal Rag >> First we take Manhatten >> >>The JJ Cale cover of Cohen’s Hallelujah >>Little Feat – Dixie Chicken and Weed, Whites and Wine >>The Gene Krupa drum solo on Benny Goodman’s Sing, Sing, Sing >>Neal Diamond – Cracklin’ Rose ( you had to be in Bangkok then ) >>Stones – Paint it Black, Jumpin’ Jack Flash ( helicopters ... ) >>Hendricks – All along the Watchtower >>Dylan >> Positively Fourth St. >> Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. >> It ain’t me babe >> >>Outsiders – Time won’t let me >>Zombies - She’s not there >>Del Shannon – Runaround Sue >>Wilson Pickett >>Ottis Reading >>Janis >>Maria Muldaur – both then and now – she’s still got it >> >>