“Highway 61 Revisited,” Bob Dylan.

“Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people.”

“Natty Dread,” Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Includes “Lively Up Yourself” and “No Woman No Cry.”

“In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” Frank Sinatra.

Wanted to copy everything he did. I couldn’t … didn’t … won’t.

“Behind the Gardens, Behind the Wall, Under the Tree,” Andreas Vollenweider.

Incessant listening for years. Andreas’s first.

“Mo’ Roots,” Taj Mahal.

Reminds me of my grandmother.

“Abbey Road,” The Beatles.

Why try to be cool?

“Tea for the Tillerman,” Cat Stevens.

Will never get over wanting to be inside that sound.

“Sticky Fingers,” The Rolling Stones .

Especially “Moonlight Mile” and Paul Buckmaster’s strings.

“Sexual Healing,” Marvin Gaye.

He had a really strange father. Imagine what he would have done if he were still with us.

“Sweet Baby James,” James Taylor.