Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/dryvalleygamblers
Band Members: I play in the band "the Dry Valley Gamblers" out of Cookeville, TN. I often perform with other bands and singers, but am not looking to join any more formal projects/bands.
Influences: In not really but somekind of no particular order:
Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Bill Monroe, Bela' Fleck, Flatt & Scruggs, Josh Graves, Gene Wooten, John Hartford, Tut Taylor, Vassar Clements, Sam Bush, Norman Blake, Jimmy Martin, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge, Stuart Duncan (is the man!), Mike Compton, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, The Bad Livers, Bob Dylan, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, The Allman Bros, Nick Drake, Steeley Dan, Lenny Breau, The Beatles, Ed Snodderly, Martha Scanlan, The Reeltime Travelers, Hank Williams, Doc Watson, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Joao & Astrud Gilberto, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, C.S.N., Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, J.D. Crowe, Phil Leadbetter, Stacy Phillips, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Jane's Addiction, Randy Newman, The Sundays, Jim Lauderdale, old school Michael Jackson, Prince, The Beach Boys, Motown music, Stax music, The Ventures, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, The Beastie Boys, De La Soul, old school rap, N.W.A., Suicidal Tendencies, The Dead Milkmen, U.2, INXS, The Police, Sting, Alison Brown, Alison Krauss, Bob Wills (is still the King!), BR-549, Brazilbilly, Tim O'Brien, The Carter Family, Billy Holiday, Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grappelli & The Hot Club de Paris, Brian Sutton, Richard Smith, Russ Barenburg, Andy Hall, Peter Rowan, Muleskinner, Clarence White, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Sandt, Leon McAuliffe, Buddy Emmons, Marty Robbins, Cliff Carlisle, Jimmie Rodgers, The Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole & the N.C. Ramblers, The Del McCoury Band, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Malcolm Holcombe, Cortney Tidwell, Todd Tidwell, Wyatt Mims, Matty Zarth, all the great Nashville players, all my wonderful & talented friends who play, and all the great musicians who I can't think of right now and will be amazed later that I forgot to put them on this list. Now if you just read all this then all I can say is, good job, you must really like music.
Sounds Like: Me.
Type of Label: None