Favorite Things

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.