Member Since: 4/8/2007
Influences: I was born and raised in Ironton Ohio, a small town in the southernmost area of the state that is actually in the Appalachia Region of the U.S. I grew up listening to James Brown and Ralph Stanley simultaneously!! ( Black Soul Music and White Soul Music) My prime Bass influences are: James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Ray Brown, Tommy Cogbill, Norbert Putnam, Joe Osborne, Graham Maby, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel, Jeff Berlin, Duck Dunn, Paul McCartney, Rocco Prestia, Paul Chambers, Scott Lafaro, Jim Fielder, Chuck Rainey, Chris Squire and Jerry Jemmott.
Other musical influences: Miles Davis, Jerry Reed, J.D. Crowe, Larrie Londin, Dexter Gordon, Whitey Shaffer, Motown, Muscle Shoals, Memphis, Tony Rice, Jimi Hendrix, John Paul Jones, Kenny Buttrey, Weather Report, Earth Wind and Fire, The Osborne Bro., Dave Brubeck, Ricky Skaggs, Dvorak, The Band, Eddie Adcock, Early Chicago, Leadbelly, Bill Monroe, Art Blakey, Buffalo Springfield, Debussy,
Deep Purple, the Beatles, John Coltrane, Jerry Douglas, Tower of Power, Marvin Gaye, the Police, New Grass Revival, Yes, Ray Price, Grieg, Gustav Holtz, The Meters, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Bill Evans, Sons of the Pioneers, Irakere, Curtis Mayfield, The Philadelphia Sound, The Electric Flag, Hank Williams Sr., The Hot Club of France, Keith Whitley, The Beatles, The Ames Brothers, Rufus Thomas, et.al
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