Member Since: 20/07/2005
Band Website: www.getchrissimmons.com
Band Members: me
Influences: i have a very wide, yet highly selective range of influences... starting with robert johnson, muddy waters, freddie king and bb king.
i put mr. johnson at the top of acoustic blues and everyone else a distant second. muddy stands way out to me when it comes to the real blues electrified. the two kings are my faves when it comes to the blues solo guitar.
i got into eric clapton with cream and blind faith and derek and the dominoes... and duane allman and the allman brothers pretty heavy and that really led me to the even older blues. i also got in to peter green pretty heavy for awhile. DEREK TRUCKS, Aubrey Ghent.
before i played guitar i was really into prince. i thought he was super cool and i was right. van halen is what made me beg my mom for my first guitar.
before i got into any of the old blues or allmans or clapton, i was a 100% AC/DC fanatic. i still am, just to a lesser percent, more like 95%. i think angus young's guitar is really what introduced the blues to me in the first place.
led zeppelin, GOD! they're great! the who, i like their power. don't forget skynyrd.
my favorite vocalist in the world is paul rodgers. FREE and bad company and everything else up to queen.
i like some old country music.. merle, cash, hank, dolly, loretta... all that good old stuff. i'm a slight stones fan.. a huge beatles fan... paul and george are my favorites. "the Band" really gets me inspired. that whole thing is just surreal. i think 70's lite rock like ARS and firefall and nitty gritty is super cool. i think the bee gees are kinda cool and extremely good songwriters. speaking of songwriters... jim croce, james taylor.
skip the 80's until you get to GnR. there we're a lot of okay rock bands, but GnR really stands the test of time for me. hey and the black crowes!
stone temple pilots are super duper cool. velvet revolver rocks. ben folds kicks ass. my favorite band right now is the foo fighters. great playing, great songs, great show.
i forgot a few, but lately i've definitely recognized a lot of influence from Leon Russell that i didn't before and some Jerry Lee Lewis.
Sounds Like: i don't know.. i play lots of cover songs in my solo set. so i guess i sound like me trying to sound like james taylor and jim croce and gregg allman etc. i like to write songs in whatever style the song comes out so i don't try to do just one thing... i try to do lots of styles... who knows..
Type of Label: Major