Then there was the time George Harrison — the George Harrison — spotted the tantric yoga button on his lapel from across the room and made an effort to get past the usual crush of press and music executives to meet the kindred soul.

“He could see I wasn’t asking questions, I was listening, so I was different, and there was this break, and he said, ‘Can I get you a cup of tea?’ And I’m about to frigging weep.”

We are three hours into a visit with Cerphe Colwell, and the stories show no sign of letting up. The names drop like nails on a workshop floor: Bruce Springsteen, Frank Zappa, Bonnie Raitt, Howard Stern, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Nicks, Van Morrison, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, the Rolling Stones for crying out loud … Is there anyone Colwell hasn’t met and befriended?

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