| Influences |
Chuck Berry, Charley Patton , Son House , Mamie Smith , Washboard Sam , Big Bill Broonzy , Rev. Gary Davis , Blind Lemon Jefferson , The Moonglows , Ritchie Valens , Mississippi John Hurt , Lonnie Johnson , Leadbelly , Blind Willie McTell , Roosevelt Sykes , Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee , Alabama Sheiks , Blind Blake , Gus Cannon , Bo Carter , Sam Chatmon , Honeyboy Edwards , Blind Boy Fuller , Memphis Minnie , Memphis Slim , Mississippi Sheiks , Big Joe Williams , Skip James , Robert Johnson , Tommy Johnson , Muddy Waters , Bukka White , Sonny Boy Williamson [II] , Johnny Woods , Ishman Bracey , Tommy McClennan , Robert Petway , Johnny Shines , Sunnyland Slim , Johnnie "Geechie" Temple , James "Son" Thomas , Big Joe and his Washboard Band , Barbecue Bob , Georgia Tom Dorsey , Jesse Fuller , Memphis Jug Band , Curley Weaver , Casey Bill Weldon , Robert Pete Williams , Cannon's Jug Stompers , Gus Cannon (solo Banjo Joe) , Furry Lewis , Frank Stokes , Robert Wilkins , Georgia Boyd , Jess Ferguson , Hattie Hart , Jim Jackson , Charley Jordan , Kansas Joe , Noah Lewis , Joe McCoy , Memphis Willie B. , Dan Sane , Will Shade , J.D. Short , Lucille Bogan , Ida Cox , Sara Martin , Ma Rainey , Bessie Smith , Victoria Spivey , Sister Rosetta Tharpe , Sippie Wallace , Ethel Waters , Alberta Hunter , Bessie Tucker , Bertha "Chippie" Hill , Sleepy John Estes , Yank Rachell , Blind Willie Johnson , Rev. Louis Overstreet , Rev. Dan Smith , Funny Paper Smith , Black Ace , Cripple Clarence k FlagLofton , Mississippi Moaner, "Lil' Son" Jackson , Jesse Babyface Thomas , "Texas" Alexander , Sonny Boy Davis , Bernice Edwards , Ramblin' Thomas , Ragtime Texas , Will Batts , Gus Cannon , Whistler & His Jug Band , The Dixieland Jug Blowers , Pink Anderson , Scrapper Blackwell , Bumble Bee Slim , Jaybird Coleman , Bo Weavil Jackson , John Jackson , Buddy Moss , (Early) Josh White , The Flamingos , The Orioles , The Platters , The Penguins , Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers , The Clovers , The Cleftones , The Dells , The Cadillacs , Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five , Hank Ballard & The Midnighters , Billy Ward & The Dominoes , Wynone Harris , Big Joe Turner , Jerry Lee Lewis , Little Richard & The Upsetters , Fats Domino , Screamin Jay Hawkins , Johnny Cash , Hank Williams Sr , Eddie Cochran, The Gallahads , Howlin' Wolf , Jimmy Rogers , Little Walter , Willie Dixon , Scott Joplin , Harlem Hamfats , Vicente Fernandez , Mariachi, Ragtime , Work Songs , Field Hollers , Reels , Breakdowns , Jump-Ups , Fife & Drum, Early Gospel , Doo Wop , Jugs , Kazoos , Harmony Guitars, Library of Congress Recordings and Early 80's Hardcore! |
