> From what I've read in the past, including a bio some years back, he does seem to be painfully serious about himself and a little deficient in the humor department.
everyone who knows him personally (Guitar Craft students like me) know that this is not at all true. He can be incredibly funny, in a dry English way of course, think: Monty Python. And he is very gentle and loving. One of the most remarkable people I've met in my life
-Michael