[Griff]

Bela Fleck, John Coltrane, Stephan Grippeli, David Grisman, Chris Thile, Monty Alexander/Ray Brown/Herb Ellis. Grisman played some old bluegrass stuff with Jerry Garcia which convinced me to go to his show which was all jazz so I bought an album of his which included Grippeli and really turned me on to the mandolin which leads to Thile who played some with Fleck which convinced me to try some straight ahead stuff which is where Alexander et al come in which naturally is just a gateway drug to Coltrane.