One of my biggest guitar influences happens to be my uncle. You can watch my uncle Jimi and me jamming together in this video. He sounds much better than I do!

The whole 13-part interview has some great stuff. I love this part where Jimi talks about how he learned his first song, "Louie Louie."

Recently, Jimi was diagnosed with cancer, and is being treated for it now. He's doing well, but the treatment is not pleasant, and I was trying to think of some ways to keep him in good spirits.

If you would like to send some words of encouragement, I made a special e-mail address for Jimi to receive "fan mail." The address is:

jimikidd_sonicbeacon@yahoo.com

Let's cheer that guy up, so he can get well, and get back to playing stunningly good guitar soon!

Thank you,

Paul