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| Yngwie's Favorite Things 1. Movies: Raging Bull (or any of Robert De Niro's movies); The Holy Grail(or any of the Monty Python movies); Reanimator; The Evil Dead (only the original) 2. Writers/Books: Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Clive Barker, also historical and scientific literature 3. Colors: For clothing: black, purple, red 4. Wine: Italian red: Reserve Ducale 5. Food: Indian, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Swedish 6. Cars: vintage Ferraris; Rolls Royce 7. Guitars: 70's Fender Stratocasters; YJM model Strats in vintage white (cream) or burgundy mist 8. Pickups: DiMarzio: YJM, HS-3 9. Strings: Fender Bullets (nickel-plated) 10. Amps: Vintage Marshall Mark II 50-watts 11. Classical Composers: J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Vivaldi, Paganini, Handel, Corelli, Albinoni, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Dvorak 12. Early rock bands: Deep Purple, Genesis, Kansas, Queen, Rainbow, Rush, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Sun, UFO, Scorpions 13. Animals: Cats, ferrets 14. Gemstone: Amethyst 15. Metal: Gold 16. Most favorite people in the world: April (wife); Antonio (son) 17. City: Miami, Florida 18. Blues players: B.B. King, SRV, Eric Gales 19. Rock guitarists: Allen Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Al DiMeola, Uli Jon Roth, Eric Johnson, SRV, EVH 20. TV channels: Discovery, The Learning Channel, CNN 21. Designers: Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani 22. Artists: Leonardo da Vinci; Salvador Dali 23. Magazines/Newspapers: Cavalino, Forza, DuPont Registry, New York Times 24. Pastimes: Reading; watching TV; spending time with my family 25. Hobbies/sports: Tennis, fencing, snooker (pool), driving the "mean machine" (Ferrari), building guitars, model airplanes and cars 26. Comedy acts: Monty Python's Flying Circus; the Jerky Boys 27. How Yngwie prefers to spend most of his time: Hanging out with wife and son, or composing music 28. Cologne: Drakkar Noir 29. Guitar color: Strat vintage white (cream-colored) with white pickguard and maple neck. http://www.yngwie.org/faq/faves.html |