LINKS

Musical Friends & Friendly Musicians:

Will Bernard — Berkeley's best guitarist
Leni Stern — guitarist/songwriter/vibes
Jim Campilongo — "perfect storm" guitarist
Steve Cárdenas — heroic guitarist
Amanda Monaco — diggable guitarist/biddy
Nels Cline — tremendous guitarist
Sheryl Bailey — wild guitar tamer
Morris Acevedo — thinkin' guitarist
Shane Theriot — skunk-funkin' guitarist
Avi Bortnick — funk-skunkin' guitarist
Larry Goldings — pianist/organist/Mensa candidate
Red Young — organ grinder
Beth Custer — clarinetist/composer/visionary
Bill Douglass — vibey bassist
Jim Spake — saxophone colossus
Greta Brinkman — bass goddess
Trevor Dunn — base bassist
Roscoe Beck — bassist's bassist
Darol Anger — violinisto
Jenny Scheinman — ultra violinist
Susan Marshall — singer/songwriter, hot pipes!
Richard Julian — singer/songwriter
Rachel Loshak — singer/songwriter
Jill Sobule — singer/songwriter/guitarist/heroine
Norah Jones — singer/songwriter/pianist
Joey Baron — world's best drummer
Allison Miller — best drummer in the world
Scott Amendola — drummerly world of bestness
Brannen Temple — worldly drumming at its best
Tin Hat Trio — band
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum — band
The Dempseys — band
Atomizer — band
the Hot Club of San Francisco — band

Record Sources:

Love Slave Records — label for improvised music
Evander Music — label for improvised music
Downtown Music Gallery — source for recordings from the"downtown" scene (New York, NY)
Amoeba Music — bottomless bins (Berkeley and San Francisco, CA)
Waterloo Records — great goods everywhere you turn (Austin, TX) Louisiana Music Factory — yeah, you're right! (New Orleans, LA)

Music Gear:

Gibson — makers of the trusty ES-335 guitar I've played since I was 13
Levy's Leathers — cool guitar straps and gig-bags (no relation)
Belov Amplifiers — builder of class-A ("type-A"?) amps
C.F. Martin & Co. — real good acoustic guitars
Daisy Rock — makers of real good guitars for girls (and boys)

Other Stuff I Like:

Jeff Levy — my father, the computer guru
Sibelius — easy-to-use music notation software
e-town Live — incredible music show (Boulder, CO)
JamBase — resource for info about live music in your area
Alfred Publishing — educational music books
Free Will Astrology — get your chart done
This American Life — radio stories
Aveda — good stuff for your skin & hair
Leatherman — cool multi-tools, great for musicians on the go
Hot Dog on a Stick — hot dogs on sticks, and great lemonade
Blue Bear School of American Music — it's all about the music (San Francisco, CA)