| Influences | Melikes songs by my Grandpa, Elliott Smith, Buck Owens, Kinks, Jimmie Rodgers, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits, Jolie Holland, Heart, Robert Earl Keen, Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Dan Zanes, Trio Los Panchos, Peter Gabriel, PJ Harvey, Big Star, Wilco, Whiskeytown, Sufjan Stevens, Steppin' In It, Daniel Johnston, Sparklehorse, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Iron and Wine, Grateful Dead, Gram Parsons, the Stones, the Band, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Steve Earle, Velvet Underground, Carlos Montoya, Julie London, Van Morrison, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Hank Williams, , Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Mitchell, Queen, Woody Guthrie, Blind Willie McTell, The Carter Family, George Jones, Cheap Trick, Eva Cassidy, Nick Cave, Peter Case, Jonathan Rundman, Gillian Welch, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, The Clash, Manu Chao, Nick Drake, Jimmie Spheeris, The Pogues, Townes Van Zandt, Lhasa, Ennio Morricone, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, ah there's so much--anything that moves me and doesn't make me want to wretch... |
