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Thanks to all of the people I learned from over the years: Ry Cooder, the Beatles, Pete Seeger, Joseph Spence, Ralph Stanley, Jeff Beck, Blind Blake, Keith Richards, George Harrison, Aimee Mann, Ryan Adams, John Mayer, Billy Kennedy, Dan Smythe, Perfume genius, Jason Mraz, Steven Knechtges, Sylvain Luc, Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat, Rolling Stones, Fab Chart, David Lindley, Portlandia, Lents District, ted leo, twitter, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Merle Travis, Richard Smith, Doc Watson, Marcel Dadi, John knowles, Stephen Bennett, Tony Rice, Merle Watson, John Fahey, Jorma Kaukonen, Leo Kottke, , David Lindley, Reverend Gary Davis, Sungha Jung, Igor Presnyakov, Blind Blake, Adam Rafferty, Jerry Reed, John Hiatt, Elton John, James Taylor, Robert Johnson, Django Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène, david lynch, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, John Lennon, Paul Revere and the raiders, Kate Bush, Joe Jackson, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Beach Boys, The Monkees, Jim Morrison, John Fogerty, Jesus, Buddha, Leon Redbone, Captain Beefheart, Zappa, Lloyd Jones, Jack McMahon, Fang, Phil Volk, The Flinstones, Harry Nilsson, Julian Lage, Kate Bush, Joe Jackson, REM, Stevie Wonder, Louis Armstrong, Freddy greene,Frank Sinatra, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Taylor Swift, t bone burnett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar Slim, Carrie Brownstein, Nicki Minaj, Werner Herzog, Harmony Korine, Ellen Page, Danny Gatton, Monte Montgomery, Miles Davis, James Blood Ulmer, Howard Alden, Conando, Peaches, Woody Allen among others.