From the original Nomadland.com website.
D’Addario strings put together a calendar for ’95 in which they asked the various featured artists a few questions. Michael was January’s poster boy.
Interview with Michael Hedges with D’Addario
How old were you when you first started playing and who was your first audience?
Newly teened, I first performed at church on Sunday night for the youth fellowship. My friends and I sang “House of the Rising Sun”!
Who’s your favorite artist, e.g., Van Gogh, Degas, Warhol…?
Hieronymus Bosch
Which person, living or dead, would you most like to spend an hour with?
Myself—first lifetime.
What about you might surprise people?
I listen to Pantera.
If you could have attended any recording session in history, which one would you have attended?
Jimi Hendrix—Are You Experienced.
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 5 to 7 albums would you want with you?
Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel
Joni Mitchell: For the Roses
Jon Hassell: Surgeon of the Night Sky
AC/DC: For Those About to Rock
Pat Martino: Consciousness
The Beatles: Revolver
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
Maybe Magic: Rediscovering The Wonder of Michael Hedges (Tim Arnold)
My brother gave me a cassette that would become the soundtrack of my life in Spain until I returned to England some years later. Side A was Michael Hedges’ Aerial Boundaries.
I met one of my heroes…(Martin Filiatrault)
Submitted by Martin FiliatraultI was fortunate enough to meet Michael during a show at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, CA in [1997]. I took a chance during the intermission and walked backstage at the open venue. I found Michael by himself, walking along a pathway behind...
Meeting Michael – His Friendliness and Humility (Chana Schwartz)
Submitted by Chana Schwartz – When I was in college in the Bay Area, a friend started taking me to the New Varsity Theater to hear concerts of some of the Windham Hill artists playing there.
