| Influences | American Deep South, Appalachian , Ozark and Cajun Old-Time fiddle influences: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Wilson Douglas, Melvin Wine, Ernie Carpenter, Marcus Martin, John Morgan Salyer, Blind Ed Haley, Owen Snake Chapman, Buddy Thomas, Clyde Davenport, Fred Stoneking, Stan Jackson, Eck Robertson, Manon Campbell, Luther Strong, William H. Stepp, Dick Burnett & Leonard Rutherford, Norman Edmonds, Tommy Jarrell , Fred Cockerham, Art Stamper, Emma Lee Dickerson, Kyle Creed, The Cabin Creek Boys, John Ashby, The Roanoke Jug Band, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Hiter Colvin, The Weems String Band, The Lewis Brothers, Enos Canoy, Hoyt Ming & Pepsteppers, John Hatcher, W.E. Claunch, The Skillett Lickers, Tony Holmquist, Nikolai Fox, Steve Austin, Willie McElroy, John Beckoff, Pete Sutherland, Nick Stillman, Jake Krack, Erynn Marshall, John Gallagher, Jack Magee, The Balfa Brothers, The Savoy Doucet Cajun Band, Tri Acadie, Beausoleil, Dennis McGee,
Bruce Molsky, Kate Lissauer, Kenny Jackson, David Bing, Rayna Gellert,
The Chicken Chokers, Primitive Characters, The Horse Flies, The Buvas,
The Bubba George Stringband, The Red Hots, Gomie Family Band, The Rhythm Rats, Big Medicine, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Reed Island Rounders, The Konnarock Critters, Earl White, Pat Conte, Dave Bass, The Forge Mountain Diggers, The Frieght Hoppers, The Killer Grits, Joe Thompson, Lynn Chirps Smith, Garry Harrison, The Boiled Buzzards, The Tallboys, The Devils Dream Stringband, Fonza Smith, Ralph Whited, James Bryan, The Red Mountain White Trash, Sadie Compton, Jim Taylor, Cyril Stinnett, Lonnie Robertson, Gene Goforth, John Hartford, Brad Leftwich, Lester McCumbers, Benton Flippen, ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Bagpipe and New England / Canadian / Australian / Celtic Old Time fiddle influences:...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Lindsay Porteous, Julian Goodacre, Hamish Moore,Kathryn Tickell, Alistair Anderson, Otto Sopher, Mellie Dunham, Greg Boardman, Frank Ferrel, Pam Weeks, Dave Livingston, Don Roy, Lucian Mathieu, Carter Newell, Jeff " Smokie" McKeen, Old Grey Goose, Steve Brown, Jean Carrigean, Henri Lacroix and his musical group, Thommy Duchesne, Isidore Soucy, Joseph Allard, Mairi Rankin, The Beaton Family of Cape Breton, Lee Cremou, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, Don Messer, Jerry Robichaud, Jerry Holland, Graham Townsend, Dave Swarbrick, Willy Taylor, Battlefield Band, Ossian, Tony Cuffe, Ian Hardie, Johnny Doherty, Altan, The Boys of the Lough, Aly Bain, Tom Anderson, Tommy Peoples, Kevin Burke, Mick Maloney, Greg O'Leary, Horseplay.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Other influences:....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Creedance Clear Water Revival, Brand New Mixture, Stream Band, Roots Nation, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,Winston Jarrett, The Melodians, Burning Spear, Ras Michael & The Sons of Nebus, Joe Higgs, Yabby You & The Prophets, Maxie, Niney & Scratch, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Toots & The Maytals, The Abyssinians, Junior Murvin, The Jolly Boys , Theodore Miller, Jerry Garcia, The Greatful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Pentangle, Waterson Carthy, Fairport Convention, Steeleyespan, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Sonic Youth.........H.H. A.C. Baktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, H.H. Srila Govinda Maharaja, Lord Ram, Lord Krsna, Lord Caitanya |
My families cow farm, host of the East Benton Fiddlers Convention, morning before the fiddle contest!..................
