Member Since: 14/06/2006
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Influences: Oh boy; you asked for it......here's my fave players off the top of my head:COUNTRY: Phil Baugh, Hank Garland, James Burton, Roy Nichols, Don Rich, Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Thumbs Carlisle, Grady Martin, Junior Barnard, Harold Bradley, Jimmy Bryant, Jimmy Rivers, Reggie Young, Glen Campbell, Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Mickey Gee (who, oddly enough, falls more into the Rock category...), Jerry Donahue, Brent Mason, Brent Rowan, Dann Huff, Redd Volkaert, Danny Gatton (although he falls into many different catagories), Steve Wariner, Brad Paisley, Tony Rice, and many others that don't come to mind at the moment......sorry!BLUES: Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Robert Johnson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Muddy Waters, Amos Milburn, Roy Buchanan, Robben Ford, Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan, Peter Green, Michael Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, "Big Mama" Thornton, Roy Brown, Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris, and a bunch of others that I'm forgetting right now......JAZZ: Hank Garland (once again), Lenny Breau, Tal Farlow, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Griffin, Miles Davis, Red Garland, Don Friedman, Don Ellis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Charlie Christian, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Grant Green, Bud Powell, Barney Kessell, Art Tatum, Big John Patton, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Raney, Les Paul (although he could also fall into the rock catagory), Wes Montgomery, Charlie Mingus, Gil Evans, Oliver Nelson, Thelonius Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Mark Whitfield, George Benson, Al DiMeola, Doc Powell, Paul Jackson Jr, Lee Ritenour, Chet Baker, Horace Silver, Andrew Hill, Weather Report (with and without Jaco), Cannonball Adderly, Lester Young, Larry Young, Duke Ellington, Chuck Wayne, Freddie Green, Larry Carlton, Art Pepper, Bobby Watson, Chick Corea, The Brecker Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Hi-Lo's, Paul Desmond, Keith Jarrett, Blue Mitchell, Earl Bostic, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Pat Martino, Roland Kirk, Art Blakey, Joe Sample, and a whole bunch of others that escape me at the moment.......ROCK: Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Franny Beecher and Danny Cedrone (as well as Bill Haley and the Comets), Cliff Gallup, Billy Butler, Paul Burlison (as well as the Rock and Roll Trio), Scotty Moore, Duane Eddy, Carl Perkins, Vick Flick, Tommy Tedesco, Earl Palmer, Johnny Rivers, Louie Sheldon, Amos Garrett, Billy Gibbons, Carol Kaye, Link Wray, Dave Edmunds, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Mark Knoppfler, Brian Setzer, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Toy Caldwell, Gary Moore, Randy Rhoads, Malcolm and Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Steve Lukather, Andy Summers, Walter Becker, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Denny Diaz, Kraftwerk, Bob Mothersbaugh (and all of DEVO for that matter), Ricky Wilson (B-52's), Neil Finn, Marshall Crenshaw, and a bunch of others that will come to mind later on....SURF: Ventures, Astronauts, Johnny Fortune, James Calvin Wilsey! Dick Dale, Man or Astroman?, and some others.....R&B/SOUL: James Jameson, Jim Messina, Robert White, Eddie Harris, Dennis Coffey, Benny Benjamin, Tom Scott, Jimmy Nolan, Niles Rogers, Graham Jones (Haircut 100), Steve Cropper, Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Tower of Power (Bruce Conte!), Heatwave, Bill Withers, Dazz Band, Brothers Johnson, and more that I will add later on......SONGWRITERS (The REAL heroes!): Mac McAnally, Marshall Crenshaw, Neil & Tim Finn, Jimmy Webb, Rod Temperton, Ralf Hutter, Nick Heyward, Sting, Andy Partridge, Joe Jackson, Bobby Goldsboro, John Rutter, Fred Wise/Ben Weisman, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Mark Knopfler, Merle Haggard, Wayne Shorter, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and some others I will kick myself later for not mentioning...SINGERS: Pick the best ones out of each of the catagories listed above (except maybe Surf - that may be a difficult one) - chances are, I'm a fan!TEACHERS: I have been very blessed to be under the instruction of some superb musicians - it would be a travesty not to list some of them here: Bob Finley, Jack Bell, Jerry Garvin, Howard and Joaquina Johnson, Joe Dominguez, Charlie Robinson, Doug Pauly, Danny Mohammed
Sounds Like: You be the judge.
Type of Label: Unsigned