| Influences | Drummers who I remember absolutely knocking me out with their live performances (in more or less an order of chronological appearance): David Jones, Steve Fuller, Phil Collins, Chester Thompson, James Barton, Virgil Donati, Will Dower, Peter Luscombe, Chad Wackerman, Jared Underwood, Mitch Farmer, Andrew Gander, John Morrison, Gordon Rytmeister, Kere Buchanan, Warren Trout, Al Turnbull, Nic Cecire, Simon Fishburn, Simon Barker, Andrew Dickeson, Craig Naughton, Max Roach, Nico Schauble, John Pochée, Dave Weckl, Hamish Stuart, Nick McBride, Mark Sutton, Craig Simon, Victor Lewis, Adam Nussbaum, Roy Haynes, Terry Bozzio, Warren Daly, Bill Stewart, Ron Lemke, Felix Bloxsom, Michael Iveson, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Darryn Farrugia, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Beck, Danny Fischer, Will Guthrie, Graham Morgan, Evan Mannell, Billy Kilson, Paul Derricott, Jamie Cameron, Cameron Reid, James "Pug" Waples, Billy Cobham, Jeff Ballard, Jim Chapin, Joe Morello, Gregory Hutchinson, Keith Carlock, Al Foster, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Joel Rosenblatt, Paul Motian, Billy Hart, Jimmy Cobb, Gary Novak, Andy Fissenden, Idris Muhammad, Tim Firth, Luke Davison.
Additional drummers I haven't witnessed in person, but whose recorded performances continue to get me: Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Jack de Johnette, Eric Gravatt, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke, Mitch Mithell, Ginger Baker, Ringo Starr, Buddy Miles, John Bonham, Josh Freese, Danny Carey, Jorge Rossy, Joe Chambers, Pete La Roca, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Joe Jones, Shadow Wilson, Bob Moses, Frank Butler, Jim Keltner, Leon Parker, Harvey Mason, Peter Erskine, David Garibaldi, Louis Hayes, Alan Dawson, Sonny Payne, Mel Lewis, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Steve Ferrone, Jon Christensen, Gary Husband & many others...
Musicians in general who inspire me greatly are: James Muller, Sean Wayland, Phil Slater, Phil Stack, Matt McMahon, Adam Ponting, Adam Armstrong, Mark Isaacs, Mike Nock, Cameron Undy, Matt Keegan, Bernie McGann, Paul Grabowsky, Julien Wilson, Steve Magnusson, Stephen Grant, Matt Clohesy, Luke Howard, Sam Anning, Ben Robertson, Ben Waples, Dan Waples, Jackson Harrison, Brendan Clarke, Willow Nielson, Gerard Masters, Gian Slater, Chris Hale, Lenny Grigoryan, Tim Rogers, James Reyne, Matt Moffett, Vince Jones, Sam Keevers, Stu Hunter, Carl Dewhurst, Brett Hirst, Aaron Flower, Ben Hauptman, Allan Holdsworth, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Scott La Faro, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Thelonious Monk, Matt Penman, Adam Rogers, Scott Colley, David Kikoski, Bob Berg, Ed Howard, Craig Handy, Wayne Shorter, Grachan Moncur III, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely, Jay Anderson, Wayne Krantz, Tal Wilkenfeld, Barney McAll, Tim Hopkins, Sandy Evans, Alister Spence, Steve Elphick, Craig Scott, Cathy Harley, Warwick Alder, Miroslav Bukovsky, Roger Frampton, Paul Macnamara, James Greening, Ken James, Bob Bertles, Andrew Robson, Roger Mannins, Jann Rutherford, Paul Cutlan, Kevin Hunt, Steve Hunter, Matt Ottignon, Nick Southcott, Darrin Archer, Cameron Deyell, Richard Belkner, John Hibbard, Rai Thistlethwayte, Darren Paul, Daryl Pratt, Dale Barlow, Steve McKenna, Steve Brien, Peter Farrar, Nick Bowd, Keith Jarrett, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Carpenter, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Tommy Flanagan, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Grant Green, Larry Young, John McLaughlin, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Woody Shaw, Scott Tinkler, Phillip Rex, Phil Free, Joe Lane, Kevin Hays, Larry Goldings, Sting, James Taylor, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Schoeberg, Webern, Berg, Stravinsky, Gorecki, Penderecki, Bartok, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Frank Zappa & many others...
In general I find the following artists inspiring: MC Escher, FM Alexander, David Bohm, J Krishnamurti, Rudolf Steiner, Kafka, John Ralston Saul, Bosch, James P. Carse, Andy Warhol, Barry Humphries, Orson Welles, Hugo Weaving, Judy Davis, Baudrillard, Da Vinci, Paulo Coelho, Wittgenstein, Aristotle, Lobsang Rampa & many others... |
