Tom Rush is one of my all time favorites. I last saw him a year or so back at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. That great sense of humor, tremendous intpretation of songs, the wonderful stuff from "Trolling for Owls"....his monologue about the french canadian in New Hampshire will make you pee your pants (well, it will if you are as old as me)......Nobody mentioned yet on this thread his great open tuning technique which he shares with Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens......and, that incredible slide guitar he uses (usually with borrowed knives from the kitchen) on Galveston Flood