| Influences | Wide and varied, but I like adding to this so here are some: The Beatles, Lennon, McCartney, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Mark Knopfler, Dylan, Rogers & Hart, The Tin Pan Alley writers, The Motown writers, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford, Jeffrey Steele and tons of Nashville writers, Diane Warren, Springsteen, Billy Joel, Neil Young, George Strait, Don Henley, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, ELO, John Fogerty, Tom Petty, Sinatra, James Taylor, Brad Paisley, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, Debussy, Marvin Gaye, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Cole Porter, Michael Buble, The Police, Hendrix, Nickelback, Cat Stevens, The Cars, Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Radiohead, Nelson Riddle, LL Cool J, Chet Atkins, James Horner, Coldplay, Smokey Robinson, The Ramones, The Clash , Bon Jovi, Elvis Presley, Santana, Elvis Costello, Aerosmith, George Martin, Fiona Apple, The Rat Pack, Harry Connick Jr, The Four Seasons, Van Halen, The Beach Boys, Bacharach and David, Rufus Wainwright, Abba, The Scorpions, Babyface, Metallica, Bee Gees, Henry Rollins, Elton John, Isao Tomita, Earth Wind and Fire, AC/DC , Rogers and Hammerstein, Ingrid Michaelson, The Doors, Outkast, Queen, Jim Croce, Ozzie, Phil Spector, Allman Bros, David Bowie, David Foster, Zeppelin, Nirvana, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, Desmond Child, Kid Rock, Eagles, U2, Ray Charles, James Brown, John Mayer, Bukowski, Joseph Campbell, ZZ Top |