As a drummer, I have always been inspired by the Bass, and these are my favorites: Jimmy Haslip - THE MAN!! Me'shell, Ron Carter, Jimmy Earl, John Pattitucci, Stanley Clarke, Reggie Washington and Sting. Check out Sharay Reed, Maurice Fitzgerald, Hiroshi Eguchi, Tal Wilkenfeld and Koki Ohno. They are young cats that understand the role! MY FAVORITE DRUMMER IS WILL KENNEDY....no one has a better pocket or a bigger heart. he is on FIRE every time he sits behind the kit and his chops are unparalleled. The best compliment I have ever received was that my playing sounds like his. He IS music, and the body of work he created in the Yellowjackets changed my life. I am forever shaped by the art of Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Bonham, Neil Peart and Peter Erskine, and to the Music of Chick Corea and Dave Weckl.