Rag Machine

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Industry Non-Profit
Location West Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada
Favorite Movies Casablanca, The Long Riders, Outrageous Fortune, Tequila Sunrise
Favorite Music Duane Allman, Dave Apollon, Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Charles Aznavour, J.S. Bach, Chet Baker, Kenny Baker, Jeff Beck, Elvin Bishop, Michael Bloomfield, Rick Bockner, Lenny Breau, Jackson Browne, Jethro Burns, James Burton, Paul Butterfield, Sam Bush, Ti-Jean Carignon, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Charles, Charlie Christian, Eric Clapton, Vassar Clements, Nat "King" Cole, John Coltrane, Harry Connick Jr., Ornette Coleman, Ryland Cooder, Larry Coryell, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crowe, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Jack Elliot, John Fahey, Aretha Franklin, Bill Frisell, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Giuffre, Stephan Grappelly, Grant Green, Buddy Guy, Merle Haggard, Ken Hamm, Herbie Hancock, George Harrison, Jimi Hendryx, Billy Holiday, Buddy Holly, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt, Chrissy Hynde, Skip James, Robert Johnson, George Jones, Scott Joplin, Ali Akbar Khan, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddy King, Mark Knopfler, Robbie Kreiger, John Lennon, Albert Lee, Laurie Lewis, Lyle Lovett, Jackie McLean, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, Christine McVie, Harvey Mandel, John Mayall, John Mellencamp, D.L. Menard, Steve Miller, Joni Mitchell, Thelonius Monk, Bill Monroe, Tiny Moore, Mckinley "Muddy Waters" Morgenfield, Alannis Morisette, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Page, Charlie Parker, Christopher Parkening, Gram Parsons, Les Paul, "Little" Richard Pettiman, Manitas del Plata, the Police, John Prine, Chuck Prophet, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Rathie, Jimmy Reed, Lou Reed, Martha Reeves, Django Reinhardt, Tony Rice, Keith Richards, Riders in the Sky, Robbie Robertson, Smoky Robinson, Jimmy Rodgers, Sonny Rollins, Richard Ruskin, Carlos Santana, Charles Sawtelle, Erik Satie, Ricky Scaggs, Earl Scruggs, Bob Seger, Andres Segovia, Brian Setzer, Frank Sinatra, Danny Tapanella, Tina Turner, McCoy Tyner, Ian Tyson, T-Bone Walker, Arthel "Doc" Watson, Junior Wells, Clarence White, Danny Whitten, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Neil Young, Frank Zappa
Favorite Books Almanac of the Dead, Being Digital, Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse, Cease to Blush, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Englishman's Boy, Fast Food Nation, Hot Springs, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, The Map that Changed the World, Music-the Brain and Ecstacy, No Logo On the Take, Shock Doctrine The Tipping Point, The Wave, Zen Flesh-Zen Bones, Zen Telegrams