Productive Insomnia - truly inspired artwork, inventive web design, ingenious problem solvers, nice people.
Ira Siegel - I think he's got quintuplet brothers; for a few years I couldn't walk into a recording studio without seeing one of them already there, tuning a lefty guitar.
Towne Crier Cafe - I love this music venue in Pawling, NY, a destination for some of the top folk, blues, and acoustic artists.
Andy Snitzer - one of my favorite R&B sax players.
Emily Bindiger - some singers can give you goosebumps, some can read flyshit. Emily can do both, and then some.
Steve Cohen - For a serious composer of serious music, Steve's pretty funny. We've known each other since junior high, but back then I just wanted to break his fingers.
Mandolin Cafe - it's a community, it's instructional, bla, bla... it's mandolin porn for whenever you have a few extra kilobucks burning a hole in your pocket.
Vaneese Thomas - there might just have to be two Queens Of Soul...
Stevie Wonder in Modena - with Steve Gadd, Pino Paladino, Rob Mathes, me, and featuring the incomparable Vaneese Thomas.
Rob Paparozzi - People sometimes ask me to play harmonica when they don't know better, but when I need some killer harp playing I hire Rob.
Proficiency Fitness - you didn't think i got to looking this way just sitting around watching TV and eating Twinkies, did you? No, seriously... did you?
Eddy Jay - I found this guy on you tube - fine accordion player, collaborating with all sorts of wonderful musicians. Check out his E.T. arrangement!
Thornhill Home Electronics - Next time you need to wire up the love shack for instant gratification, talk to my friend Peter.
Steve Forbert - one of the all time great singer songwriters, vastly underrated.
Will Lee - Do you know him? Do you love him? Can you live without him?
Borsini Accordions - Beautiful accordions handmade in Italy, with a good accessible rep in Southern CA. Jeff Iacono is a great guy, takes care of the American musicians, and does quality repair work.
James Taylor - playing with him was a major high point in my life.
Carole King - an American treasure, a treasured friend.
Yamaha - making some of the finest electronic keyboards these days.
Slidemeister - where all of us chromatic harmonica geeks go to geek out.

Special thanks to some people who have helped me over the years...
Arif Mardin
Steve Burgh
Jon Silberman
Frank Gari
Bob Montero
Jill Dell'Abate
John Lissauer