Following is a list of people - in no particular order - that's in addition to those I work with, and includes those who have been a source of inspiration and have provided highly valued friendship and endless support. Some, unfortunately, have passed on, and some don't even know my name.

Debbie Caldwell, Davide Ferrara, Marco Ferrara, Guido Ferrara, Concetta Forte, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dion DiMucci, The Del-Rays / The Rebels / The Other Syde: (Bob Lessard, Terry Noonan, Mike Scapillato, Bob Martine, Alan Martine, Tom Bruno, Al Thurston, John Arnold, Chuck Lee), Otis Redding, Johnny Adams, Billy Royce Scaggs, Sweet Sammy Myers, Delbert McClinton, Willy DeVille, Fred Neil, Willie Mitchell, Walter Payton, Paul Butterfield, Sam Cooke, Levi Stubbs, Bobby Bland, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Robb Stupka, Steve Gomes, Mitch Ryder, Jimmy Cliff, Morgan Freeman, The Rascals, Mason Ruffner, Jean Beliveau, Irma Thomas, Kal David, Robert DeNiro, Curtis Salgado, Michelle Willson, Dr. John, Anson Funderburgh, Scottie-Wottie Shetler, Sugar Ray Norcia, Martha Reeves, The Wicked Pickett, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Arthur Conley, David Earl, Alex Schultz, Wayne Russell, Johnny Rawls, Bruce Springsteen, Deanna Bogart, Mike Aubin, James Nathaniel Brown, Denzel Washington, Michael "Mudcat" Ward, Mavis Staples, Sam Moore & Dave Prater, Spike Lee, RJ Spangler, King Curtis, Neil Gouvin, Ray Charles, The Meters (Leo "Breeze" Nocentelli, Art "Red" Neville, George "Freakman" Porter Jr., Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste), Joe Simon, Little Willie John, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Deborah Coleman, Marvin Gaye, Tom Dowd, Reverend Al Green, Gary & Nicky Smith, Al Kirkcaldy, Mako Funasaka, Gary Kendall, Carla Thomas, The Rumour (Brinsley Schwartz, Martin Belmont, Bob Andrews, Andrew Bodnar, Stephen Goulding), James Baldwin, Yvan Cournoyer, Jerry Wexler, Gary Cormier, Bob Gainey, Chuck Hammell, Jim Stewart, Andrew Galloway, James Brown, Janiva Magness, Jon Moeller, Robert "Nighthawk" Tooms, Southside Johnny Lyon, Buffalo Springfield: (Steve Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Jim Messina), Booker T. & The MG's (Al Jackson Jr., Duck Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper), George Rains, Los Lobos (David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Louie Perez, Steve Berlin), Van Morrison, Jeffery Porcaro, Ken Dryden, Muddy Waters, Brian Sipe, Graham Parker, Bernie Kosar, Tab Benoit, Carl Weathersby, Eddie Floyd, Jimmy Burns, Chico Banks, Isaac Hayes & David Porter, Jerry Butler, Angela Strehli, Ann Peebles, James Carr, O.V. Wright, Joe Williams, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Little Feat (Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Billy Payne, Ken Gradney, Sam Clayton, Richie Hayward), Paul Carrack, The Animals (Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Johnny Steel), Bobby Darin, Eddie Hinton, Pam Ahlfeld, Ry Cooder, Alex Taylor, Jules & The Polar Bears, The Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dicky Betts, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson, Butch Trucks), Carlos Santana, John Lee Hooker, Leon Thomas, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddy King, Earl King, The Yardbirds (Keth Relf, Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty) and many more that don't immediately come to mind