Member Since: 16/11/2006
Band Website: davewagstaffe.com
Influences: Michel Camilo, Allan Holdsworth, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever, Tony Williams Lifetime, Jerry Goodman, Colosseum, Jack Bruce, Ravi Shankar, most UK sixties pop bands- Shadows, Beatles, Stones, Hollies, Yardbirds, Kinks, Animals, Manfred Mann, The Pretty Things, Searchers, etc, John McLaughlin, Al Dimeola, Didier Lockwood, Gino Vanelli, Andres Segovia, Eagles, UK, Greenslade, Martin Carthy, The Albion Band, Richard Thompson, Pentangle, G.I Gurdjieff, Chick Corea, Cream, Led Zep, Hendrix, TYA, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Buddy Rich Big Band, Basie, Ellington, Miles Davies, Maynard Ferguson, Soft Machine, The Nice, Weather Report, Tower of Power, Nucleus, Bob Dylan, Vanilla Fudge, Julian's Treatment, Trapeze, Heart, Journey, Barbaba Streisand, Dream Theatre, Eva Cassidy, Edgar Winter, King Crimson, Herbie Hancock, Don Henley, Jeff Beck, John Surman, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Camel, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Michael Gibbs, Neil Ardley, Jon Hiseman's Tempest, Atomic Rooster, Keith Emerson, Refugee, Wishbone Ash, Abba, The Peddlars, Genesis, Ivo Papasov, and everything I've ever heard that I've enjoyed.Drummers- starting with earliest influences: Tony Meehan, Brian Bennett, Louis Bellson, Bobby Elliott, John Steel, Mick Avory, Bobby Graham, Sandy Nelson, Trevor Morais, Mike Giles, Ian Paice, Paul Hammond, Jon Hiseman, Bobby Columby, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Jeff Pocaro, Steve Ferrone, Clive Bunker, Andrew McCulloch, Steve Upton, Brian Davison, Elvin Jones, Alan White, John Marshall, Cozy Powell, Bob Henrit, Carmine Appice, Gaylord Birch, John Bonham, Mike Clarke, Gerry Brown, Brian Spring, Martin Drew, Ginger Baker, Joe Morello, Bill Bruford, Simon Phillips, Terry Bozzio, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lenny White, Steve Smith, Steve Gadd, Cliff Almond, Joel Rosenblatt, Trilok Gurtu, Enzo Todesco, Mick Mestek, Kenwood Dennard, Dennis Chambers, Gary Husband, Chad Wackerman, Omar Hakim, Mark Mondesir, Mark Craney, Doane Perry, Thomas Lang, Virgil Donati and many more, some whose names I don't even know...
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Record Label: Synergy, Mystic, Resurgence, Metal Mind
Type of Label: Indie