Tim Tweedale

J.S. Bach, Beethoven, George Gershwin, Brian Wilson

Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Oliver Nelson

Richard Thompson, Richard Buckner, Kim Barlow, Patty Griffin, John Prine, Van Dyke Parks, The Silver Jews, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Magnetic Fields, Warren Zevon

Run DMC, Public Enemy

Hank Williams, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, The Dixie Chicks

Ry Cooder, The Allman Brothers

David Grisman, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Alison Krauss and Union Station

The Beach Boys, Dead Can Dance

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Steel Players now go in a separate category. Here are my favourites from past and present. Look them up! You won't be disappointed:

On 6 strings:

David Lindley, Debashish Bhattacharya, Sol Hoopii, Jerry Douglas and Ben Harper

On 7 strings:

Jerry Byrd

On 8 strings:

Darick Campbell, Joaquin Murphey

On 10 string pedal steel:

Paul Franklin, Buddy Emmons, Curly Chalker, Lloyd Green

On 12 string pedal steel:

Chuck Campbell (from The Campbell Brothers), Roosevelt Collier (from The Lee Boys)

And because I'm on a roll, here are my favourite local bands and musicians: Mother, Steve Dawson, Jesse Zubot, Veda Hille, The Be Good Tanyas, Po Girl, Paul Rigby, Paul Pigat, the SFU Gamelan Orchestra, Bradshaw Pack (though he's a composer more than a band).

I also like the bands I play in. They are:

The Blue Island Trio

Corbin Murdoch and The Nautical Miles

Headwater

Kent McAlister and His Band

Sarah MacDougall

Tariq

Uncommon Gold

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