Member Since: 09/01/2007
Band Members: Solo guitar with or without vocals
Dobro, pedal steel, banjo, mandolin & fiddle
Influences: SINGERS, SONGWRITERS, & MUSICIANS: Thelonious Monk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan/Donald Fagen, Beach Boys/Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Webb, Phil Spector, the Kentucky Colonels, Nashville West (AKA: the Reasons), the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Int'l Submarine Band, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, the Everly Brothers, Bob Dylan, the Kinks/Ray Davies, the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Mamas and the Papas, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Cat Stevens, James Brown, Sly Stone, Shuggie Otis, Harlan Howard, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Grateful Dead, NRPS, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Bob Marley, Hot Tuna, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens & Don Rich, Conway Twitty, Connie Smith, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Area Code 615, Caetano Veloso, Astrud Gilberto, Brasil 66, Elis Regina, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, the Dillards, the Ramones, Vince Guaraldi, Ween, Prince, P-Funk, Gillian Welch, Rebecca Zapen, AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Lep, Led Zep, the Carpenters, the Clash, the Police, Duran Duran, the Go Go's, Slayer, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, the Dust Brothers, Primus, the Derailers, Sean Lennon, Hank 3 and lots more...
GUITAR: The great Clarence White, Roy Nichols, Don Rich, Phil Baugh, Jimmy Bryant, James Burton, Danny Gatton, Leon Rhodes, Hank Garland, Luther Perkins, Lenny Breau, Amos Garrett, Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Tal Farlow, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, Les Paul, Johnny Smith, Gary Starling, Doc Watson, Riley Puckett, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Merle Travis, Robert Johnson, Lightnin Hopkins, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Nolen, Tony Iommi, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Roy Lanham, Grady Martin, Pete Wade, Bucky Barrett, Redd Volkaert, Bob Warford, Albert Lee, Jerry Donahue, Will Lee, Ray Flacke, Bobby Caldwell, Boomer Castleman, Scotty Anderson, Roy Buchanan, Martin Taylor, Jorma Kaukonen, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Tony Rice, Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Denny Dias, Skunk Baxter, Walter Becker, Elliot Randall, Hugh McCracken, Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Jon Herington, Wayne Krantz, JJ Cale, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Dave Davies, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Bob Spickard, Brian Carmen, Willie Nelson, Scotty Moore, Brian Setzer, Eddie Van Halen, Eldon Shamblin, Norman Stephens, Junior Brown, Bob Brozman, Buckethead, Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander, Joe Maphis, Billy Byrd, Charlie Byrd, Andres Segovia, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Thumbs Carlille, Kenny Baker, Buddy Fite, Clint Strong, Bo Diddley, Bola Sete, Chet Atkins, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Rivers, Gene Moles, Deke Dickerson, David Grier, Michael Hedges, Freddy King, Mike Bloomfield, George Benson, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Eddie Shaver, Casper Rawls, Brian Hofeldt, Dave Biller, Larry Keel, Bernie Leadon, John McLaughlin, Bireli Lagrene, Chris Scruggs, Jimmy Bruno, Al Bruno…
STEEL GUITAR: The one and only Buddy Emmons, Ralph Mooney, Curly Chalker, Buddy Charleton, Doug Jernigan, Jimmy Day, Bobby Garrett, JayDee Maness, Lloyd Green, Jerry Byrd, Julian Tharpe, Hal Rugg, Weldon Myrick, Tom Brumley, Jimmie Crawford, Russ Hicks, Maurice Anderson, Jim Murphy, Sonny Garrish, Paul Franklin, Pete Drake, Larry Campbell, Bill Keith, Ben Keith, Al Perkins, “Sneaky†Pete Kleinow, Red Rhodes, Jerry Garcia, Buddy Cage, Stu Basore, Norm Hamlet, John Hughey, Herby Wallace, Bobby Black, Lew Houston, Rusty Young, Joaquin Murphy, Herb Remington, Speedy West, Billy Robinson, Bill Stafford, Jeff Newman, Neil Flanz, Bobbe Seymour, Walter Haynes, Al Vescovo, Joe Wright, Greg Leisz, Mike Smith, John McFee, Leo LeBlanc, Tom Morrell, Terry Crisp, Santo Farina…
DOBRO: Mike Auldridge, Stacy Phillips, Josh Graves, Oswald Kirby, Barney Issacs, Tut Taylor, James Burton, Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Norman Blake, Jerry Douglas, Leroy McNees, Al Perkins, Gene Wooten, Rob Ickes, Curtis Burch, V.M. Bhatt, Fred Travers, Jim Heffernan, Phil Leadbetter...
BANJO: Earl Scruggs, Carroll Best, Bill Keith, Tony Trischka, Bobby Thompson, Alan Munde, Tony Ellis, Ralph Stanley, John McEuen, Alison Brown, Bela Fleck…
VIOLIN: Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble, Stephane Grappelli, Chubby Wise, Scotty Stoneman, Joe Holley, James Belken, Bobby Hicks, Buddy Spicher, Mark O'Connor, Stuart Duncan, Byron Berline, Wade Ray, Tommy Jackson, Rebecca Zapen…
MANDOLIN: Bill Monroe, Jesse McReynolds, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, Tiny Moore, Jethro Burns, Johnny Gimble, David Grisman, Andy Statman, Mike Marshall…
Sounds Like: all and/or none of the above
Record Label: self
Type of Label: Indie