I can't really say I have a connection with any one artist, although similar to Fred's story, after seeing Neil Young at the old Maple Leaf Gardens when I was a teenager I was inspired enough to go out and spend my savings on a nice Sigma acoustic guitar shortly after. There's just too many good artists out there to choose one in particular for me...sometimes I do get inspiration from musicians who overcome great tragedy in their lives yet persevere such as Loreena McKennitt and Neil Peart to name a couple.
