Names and influences (always in progress…) Hoagy Carmichael, Hank Williams, KD Lang, Fred Neil, Harry Nilsson, Steve Goodman, Merle Travis, Jimmy Cox, Leonard Cohen, The Eagles, Kevin Brown, Carole King, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Don Mclean, Neil Young, John Prine, Tammy Wynette, Joel Easton, Paul Simon, KHJ, Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, The Beatles, ELO, Stevie Nicks, three good friends named Peter, Leadbelly, KEZY, Woody Guthrie, Verne Windham, Elizabeth Cotton, Bill Klausen, Tom Petty, Sony MiniDisc players, Mozart, John Hartford, Big Red Barn, J.S. Bach, my first sponsor, Blood Sweat and Tears, Johnny Cash, Dave Brubeck, Mike Patterson, Fleetwood Mac, my mom, Jeff Lynne, BB King, KLOS, Billie Holiday, Bill Barrett, Michael Moon Bear, A Prairie Home Companion, Paul McCartney, Edvard Grieg, Rory Marrero, Elton John, Pete Seeger, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Roller Girl, Wylie Gustafson, Neil Elwell, Glen Campbell, Howlin Wolf, The Who, Tim O’Brien, Willie Nelson, Nellie McKay, Lyle Lovett, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, KPBX, Al-Anon, Louis Armstong, Rossini, Patrick Klausen, Emmylou Harris, Dr Demento, the twelve steps, Allman Brothers, Mark Maron, Charley Gurche, John Pizzarelli, Fastball, 1970’s television, Harry Chapin, Count Basie, John Denver, Phillip Glass, Kingston Trio, Peter Schickele, Terilyn Bertsch, Supertramp, Jimmy Reed, Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor, REM, Otis Redding, Leon Redbone, Bluetooth headphones, The Mills Brothers, America, Loudon Wainright III, Bonnie Raitt, Ken Glastre, John Williams, The Romeros, Crosby Stills and Nash, Johann Strauss, Seldom Scene, 2005 Honda Metropolitan