My first memories of music were sitting in some old country church listening to my grandpa play a fiddle or a bass guitar and sing. He is my no. 1 Influence...
My no. 2 influence is my dad. He introduced me to a lot of my favorite music by spinning stacks of vinyl every day when I was a child. He taught me about REAL country music and REAL rock 'n' roll. He was pretty good at pickin' and grinnin', too! My acoustic guitar is a WWII era Gibson J-45 that was passed down from my grandpa to my dad when I was a kid. I recently found a casette recording of my dad singing some songs and picking that guitar (with me beating on the guitar case with some drum sticks and singing along, LOL!). I might have to upload that for anybody who want's to hear it. My dad was also a pedal steel guitar junkie. He was a member of the Ricky Skagg's Fan Club and he used to take me to a lot of concerts and he would try to get close enough to the steel player so that he could stare in awe. That is one of many things that he passed on to me. He also left me a nice set of vintage speakers (Zenith Allegro 3000) and he taught me how to properly adjust the equalizer on a stereo to get more bang for your buck, LOL!
My no. 3 influence is Buck Owens. I heard "Act Naturally" on a country station in Cullman, AL one night when I was 21 years old and I went to Wal-Mart immediately and bought the album that had this song on it ("Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat"). Buck Owens completely changed the way I thought about country music. I spent my teenage years listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Beatles, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Elvis, and I remember thinking that I hated country music. What I didn't realize was that I hated country radio. Soon after discovering Buck Owens, I started listening to Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons, and tons of Alt. Country and 70's country rock. Then I realized that these were the sounds that I was raised on and I had just gotten away from them. Thanks to Buck, I was able to find my way back to the good stuff...
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A complete list of bands, singers, or musicians that have inspired me over the years:
Ryan Adams
The Allman Brothers Band
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
America
The Andrew Sisters
Nathan Angelo
The Angels
The Animals
Rod Argent
The B-52's
Emily Barker (Australia)
Jock Bartley
Nate "Count" Basinger
The Beach Boys
The Beachwood Sparks
The Beatles
The Beau Brummels
The Bee Gees
The Bible'ette Gospel Singers
Carrie Biell
Bill Black
The Black Crowes
Colin Blunstone
Booker T & The M.G.'s
The Boswell Sisters
Bruce Bouton
The Box Tops
Owen Bradley
Edie Brickell
The Brindley Brothers
Alton Brindley (My dad)
George Brindley (A.K.A. "Dusty Walker" - My grandfather)
Luke Brindley
James Brown
Junior Brown
Tom Brumley
The Buckinghams
James Burton
The Byrds
Buddy Cage
Canned Heat
Brandi Carlile
The Cars
The Carter Family
The Caravelles
Neal Casal
Johnny Cash
Felix Cavaliere
Buddy Charlton
The Chicago Climax Blues Band
The Chiffons
Eric Clapton
Doug 'Cosmo' Clifford
Patsy Cline
Allen Collins
John Coltrane
Harry Connick Jr
Mike Coykendall
Steve Cropper
Sheryl Crow
Counting Crows
Cream
Credence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash and/or Young
Bobby Darin
Andy Davis
Devin Davis
Sammy Davis Jr
Jimmy Day
Deee-Lite
John Denver
The Derailers
Neil Diamond
Dillard and Clarke
The Diplomats of Solid Sound
The Diplomettes
Dire Straits
The Ditty Bops
The Donnas
The Doobie Brothers
The doors
Adam Duritz
Bob Dylan
The Eagles
Steve Earle
Electric Light Orchestra
Buddy Emmons
Chris Ethridge
The Everly Brothers
The Exciters
Jay Farrar
Ray Flacke
Neil Flanz
Fleetwood Mac
The Flying Burrito Brothers
John Fogerty
Radney Foster
Foster & Lloyd
Amber Foxx
Connie Francis
Aretha Franklin
Freddie & The Dreamers
Robbie Fulks
Steve Gaines
Jerry Garcia
Hank Garland
Lesley Gore
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grass Roots
The Grateful Dead
Lloyd Green
Rob Grill
The Guess Who
Merle Haggard
Norm Hamlet
The Handsome Family
Anette Hanshaw
Emmylou Harris
Heart
Don Helms
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Hillman
Al Hirt
The Hives
Brian Hofeldt
Lindsay Holler & The Dirty Kids
The Hollies
John Lee Hooker
The International Submarine Band
Iron Butterfly
The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson
Jason & The Scorchers
The Jayhawks
Jefferson Airplane
Doug Jernigan
Billy Joel
Jack Johnson
Booker T. Jones
George Jones
Norah Jones
Quincy Jones
Janis Joplin
K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Mat Kearney
Robert Earl Keen
Ben Keith
B.B. King
King Harvest
King Straggler
The Kinks
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Larry Knechtel
Mark Knopfler
Alison Krauss
Robby Kreiger
Jim Lauderdale
Brenda Lee
Peggy Lee
Greg Leisz
Leroy Justice
Dave Linaburg
Jeremy Lister
Lisa Loeb
Looney Mill
Los Lobos
Julie London
Gary Louris
The Louvin Brothers
The Lovin' Spoonful
Loretta Lynn
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Mamas & The Papas
Barbara Mandrell
Jay Dee Maness
Ray Manzarek
Bob Marley
The Marshall Tucker Band
Dean Martin
Stephen McCarthy
Paul McCartney
Jay McDonald
Roger McGuin
John Cougar Mellencamp
Tift Merritt
Ralph Mooney
Scotty Moore
The Mother Truckers
Eliot Morris
Jim Morrison
Weldon Myrick
Graham Nash
Roy Nichols
Claus Ogerman
The Old 97's
Roy Orbison
Buck Owens
Gram Parsons
Al Perkins
Carl Perkins
Peter & Gordon
Madeleine Peyroux
Webb Pierce
The Police
Billy Powell
Elvis Presley
Question Mark & The Mysterians
Corinne Bailey Rae
Robert Randolph
The Rascals
Greg Reading
Leon Rhodes
Don Rich
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes
Gary Rossington
David Rothon
Hal Rugg
Doug Sahm
The Shangri-Las
Billy Joe Shaver
The Shirelles
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Frank Sinatra
Sir Douglas Quintet
Ricky Skaggs
Barry Sles
Sly & The Family Stone
Frankie Smith
Son Volt
Kay Starr
Ringo Starr
April Stevens
The Sugarhill Gang
Supertramp
Chelsea Taube
Nino Tempo
The Temptations
Train
Ernest Tubb
Jeff Tweedy
Conway Twitty
Tyde
The Ugly Beats
Uncle Tupelo
Franki Valli
Ronnie Van Zant
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tony Villanueva
Loudon Wainright III
Kelsey Waldon
Muddy Waters
Dale Watson
Eric Weissberg
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Whiskeytown
Clarence White
Wilco
Chelsea Williams
Hank Williams
Lucinda Williams
Ron Wood
Dwight Yoakam
Kate York
Neil Young
The Zombies
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
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