I play guitar around 35 years now. First mainly electric guitar, Blues + rock-Style. Since 2001 I started to learn acoustic fingerstyle guitar (Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, folk, New Acoustic). I listen to a lot of different music and try to integrate it in my personal guitar style

I really dont remember - might be a local band in my early teens....

Electric guitars by G& L (ASAT und Legacy), MusicMan Silhouette, Yamaha SA 2200, Thorsten Hans Custom (Mod. Reverend and Thinline Telcaster), Formentera(self built),Heritage Archtop H 575
Amps by Koch, MESA Boogie, Vox, Sessionette, AER
Acoustic Guitars by Albert & Mueller (S 4 and G2), Guild F30 Std., Dill Custom "Little Big Jumbo Cut), Furch - D 23 CR, Stanford- 12-string, Michael Messer Resonator

I like to see and hear, what other passionated musicians around the world play and produce... and share my things.

All the great players like Clapton, B.B. King, Albert Collins; Jethro Tull, Allman Brothers;Jeff Beck, Albert Lee
later some more Jazz/Fusion orientiented Guitarists like Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Mike Stern, John Scofield. Also to mention: the great Johnny A. from Boston.
Since ten years I study some great acoustic guitarists like Woody Mann, Eric Lugosch,Tim Sparks, Pat Kirtley,ThomasKleemaier, Willie Salomon ,Don Ross; some Jazz Players like Martin Taylor or Peter Autschbach.
I visited several workshops with these guys and also organize some "Acoustic Guitar Weekends" since 2005 - see:http://www.awo-bb-tue.de/seiten/download/2013_veranst.pdf

My actual band is SOULED OUT (Guitar Band; playing Rock,Blues, Soul, Singer-Songwriter-stuff) www.souled-out-band.de.
We play regulary concerts since 2005.
Ive been in several bands since 25 years (most of them Blues/Rock or Funkn Soul-Bands)
Since 2012 I have the Voice-Guitar Duo "TOSIN & THOMAS" with a very talented young Soul/Jazz -Singer.

I organize the "Blue Wednesday Session" since 2008 at "Schwarzes Schaf", near Calw/Black Forest Area (www.schaf-ottenbronn.de), every first wednesday of the month..

The former rhythm section of Robben Ford (Tom Brechtlein/Drums + Roscoe Beck/Bass)-
never heard any better drummer + bassplayer for this musical style..
Also a session with the Neville Brothers would be a great pleasure....

The greater audiences might be some hundred people at local festivals;
with SOULED OUT we had a lot of very nice gigs - especially in March 2011 in Sindelfingen,
where we produced a Live-DVD....

I would take "Black Key Blues", an acoustic guitar album by Chicagos Fingerstyle-Master ERIC LUGOSCH - very nice and elaborated stuff. I work on this compositions for years now,
its great fun. Eric is a good friend of mine now - I like his special treatment to all kind of american music styles. Most of it traditional stuff, but he puts some real sophisticated/tasteful arrangements to it.