Peter, I'm sure you're right. I would never do that to an individual student, I'd suggest specific players according to the student's abilities, taste and goals. Still, I wouldn't think the student was serious unless he or she was willing to listen to all the players on my short list. In fact, I'd expect a serious student to discover some of them on his or her own and tell me about them first.

I keep being troubled by the fact that my list is too short and was done too quickly. Now I'd like to go back and add Kenny Baker as well. If you haven't listened to the guitar work he did with Josh Graves on the Puritan label you're in for a real treat.

      - Mark