My influences and folks I like to listen to
I get this question a LOT so here's a list of many of the musicians or groups that have either influenced me in the past and/or influence me to this very day. This is by NO means complete. I'll keep adding to it as memory serves me or when new folks come along that knock me out.
Junior Brown, John Mooney, Fats Waller, Allman Brothers, Louis Jordon, Asleep At The Wheel, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Grateful Dead, Doc Watson, David Bromberg, Hot Tuna, Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Riley Puckett, Oscar Peterson, Pete Johnson, Earl Hines, Ben Carter, Johnny Hodges, Norman Blake, Maybelle Carter, Dave Van Ronk, Leon Redbone, Vasser Clements, Geoff Achison, B.B. King, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmie Vaughn, The Thunderbirds, Creedence, Delmore Brothers, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Furry Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, soundtracks from any of Woody Allen's movies, The Band, Sonny Landreth, Skip James, Pink Anderson, Mountain, CSNY, Paul Geremia, Dakota Dave Hull, John Hammond, Mississippi John Hurt, Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie, Bob Margolin, Mance Lipscomb, Lighting Hopkins, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Freddie King, David Grisman, Billie Holiday, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Eric Clapton, Happy Traum, Dave Dudley, Dexter Gordon, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Ma Rainey, Eugene Powell, Jack Owens, James 'Son' Thomas, R.L. Burnside, Etta Baker, Glen Pettit, Mike Zuclich, Merle Travis, Sonny Boy Williamson, Blind Willie Johnson, Ry Cooder, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield... to name a few.
Junior Brown, John Mooney, Fats Waller, Allman Brothers, Louis Jordon, Asleep At The Wheel, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Grateful Dead, Doc Watson, David Bromberg, Hot Tuna, Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Riley Puckett, Oscar Peterson, Pete Johnson, Earl Hines, Ben Carter, Johnny Hodges, Norman Blake, Maybelle Carter, Dave Van Ronk, Leon Redbone, Vasser Clements, Geoff Achison, B.B. King, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmie Vaughn, The Thunderbirds, Creedence, Delmore Brothers, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Furry Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, soundtracks from any of Woody Allen's movies, The Band, Sonny Landreth, Skip James, Pink Anderson, Mountain, CSNY, Paul Geremia, Dakota Dave Hull, John Hammond, Mississippi John Hurt, Miles Davis, Memphis Minnie, Bob Margolin, Mance Lipscomb, Lighting Hopkins, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Freddie King, David Grisman, Billie Holiday, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Eric Clapton, Happy Traum, Dave Dudley, Dexter Gordon, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Ma Rainey, Eugene Powell, Jack Owens, James 'Son' Thomas, R.L. Burnside, Etta Baker, Glen Pettit, Mike Zuclich, Merle Travis, Sonny Boy Williamson, Blind Willie Johnson, Ry Cooder, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield... to name a few.
