Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: One of my biggest heroes and influences.

www.mkgandhi.org
"If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred." The ultimate site dedicated to the ultimate man of peace.

James Patrick Cooper:

www.coopphoto.com .
My great friend, a talented portrait/fashion/music photographer,

whose photo credits include our kid
Sir Paul McCartney. James took many of the photos on this site.

Goodbye Girl Friday: www.goodbyegirlfriday.com .
My great friends Dave Sherman and Dan Grennes's band. Fantastic songs, I think they've got something special.
Good Bye Girl Friday On MySpace

Beth Orton: www.bethorton.co.uk .
When she sings I gets the butterflies.

Shane MacGowan: www.shanemacgowan.com
Singer/songwriter of the Pogues, one of my biggest lyrical influences.

"And a rovin' I'll go for a pair of brown eyes."

Grant Hart: www.granthart.com
A major songwriting influence.
"If your heart is a flame burning brightly
You'll have light and you'll never be cold
And soon you will know that you just grow
You're not growing old"

Black 47: www.black47.com/
NYC Irish-American rock band.

Tide: www.thisistide.com
A great NYC rock band led by my sometimes-musical collaborator and guitarist Chris Powers (Chris plays guitar on my upcoming CD). Chris is a songwriter at the peak of his game. Also features good friends Nick DiPierro and Michael Boyd. Check out thier new CD "This is Tide," it's full of great 60s-to-00s Brit-influenced songs.

Mere: www.myspace.com/mere
A fantastic young rock band that I befriended here in NYC. Check them out live, they are like the mini-Beatles, packed house, girls going crazy. They are going to be huge. See 'em now so you can say you saw them when...