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My dads Irish rebel songs records. The Inspector Gadget soundtrack (my first record). The Danger Mouse soundtrack. The Eric the Banana Man soundtrack. Super Ted soundtrack. Thomas the Tank Engine soundtrack. My dads Johnny Horton recordings. The Eagles Wings Hymn Book. "Kookaburra Sits on the Old Gumtree" - sung by my sisters. Simon and Garfunkel. Jesus Christ Superstar. Tour of Duty soundtrack. Metallica. Snow (Informer single - my first tape) U2 Rage Against the Machine (Killing in the Name single - my first CD). D.I.G. (Sam Dickson changed my life!). Disposable Heroes of Hipocracy. Pearl Jam. Jimmy Barnes. Primus. Pantera (while you sleeped and drooled....). Sting (Darryl Jones!). Rolling Stones (Darryl Jones!). Steps Ahead (Darryl Jones!). Us 3. Roy Ayers. The Brothers Johnson. Parliament Funkadelic. The Average White Band. Jamiroquai (Stuart Zender!) Big City (Mr. Anthony Dawkins!) Benfolds Five. Ben Harper. Miles Davis. Weather Report. Nick Drake. Jeff Buckley. Jaco Pastorius. Bill Evans (sax player) Wayne Shorter. Craig David. Shola Ama. The Artful Dodger. Next (Too Close). Mark Morrison (Return of the Mack!). Michael Jackson. Chet Baker (Steve Gadd!) Petite Blonde Marcus Miller Victor Bailey (can't believe I shook his hand! First bass player I could pick by ear!). Dennis Chambers. Wayne Shorter (1st sax player I could pick by ear). Me'Shell N'DegeOcello McCoy Tyner Pat Metheny. Paul Chambers. Ron Carter. Powder Finger. Snoop Doggy Dog. Prince. Maxwell. (Jonathan Maron!) The Yellow Jackets. Jimmy Haslip. John Mayer (Dave L and Pino Palladino). John Coltrane. The Brand New Heavies (Andrew Levy!) Mike Stern. (Will Lee!) Dave Weckyl (Master Plan - with MR Anthony Jackson!) 80's James Brown (T.M.Stevens!) TOTO (MR Pocaro!). Steve Lukather (can't believe I shared the same beer with him!). Mike and Randy Brecker (Neil Jason!) John Scofield (James Genus!) D'Angelo (with Pino and Will Lee) Richard Bona. Wynton and Branford Marsalis. Nathan East (Easy Lover....what a song!) The Head Hunters (Paul Jackson and Mike Clarke are IT!) Herbie Hancock. John McLaughlin. Bob Berg. John Patitucci. Laurence Cottle. Jonas Helborg. Billy Cobham. Ronny Jordan. Sting. Christian McBride. Oteil Burbridge. Incognito (Randy Hope Taylor!) Guru. James Taylor. Jan Gabarek. Earth, Wind and Fire (Mr. White!). Tower of Power (Mr. Prestia!). Edger Meyer. Eberhard Weber. Neils Henning Orsted Pederson (RIP). Oscar Pederson. Steve Coleman. 'Ready Freddy' Washington (can't believe I shook his hand!). Sade (Paul Desmond!Stuart Matthewman!) Tribal Tech V.A.S.T. Gary Grainger (can't belive we hung out!). Gary Willis (bass's MVP). Erykah Badu (Hubert Eaves IV!) Kai Eckhardt. Steely Dan (Mike Becker and Tom Barney). Alain Caron. Mark Egan. Jim Beard. Square Pusher. The Flood (James Gillard!). Aphex Twin. Victor Wooten. Peter Erskine. Vinnie Coliuta (spelling?). Matt Garrison. Joe Zawinul. Michel Camilo. The Foo Fighters. Neyo Dwele. Dizzy Rascal. Bruce Hornsby. Bonnie Raitt (Hutch Hutchinson!).

Ok I'm stopping only because I've realised the list will never end.
But thanks to the 'home town heroes':

Nick Hatch and Paul Henderson. Joachim Alfheim. Aaron West. Ceri McCoy. Anthony Dawkins. Barney Loveland. Dave Galea. Mark Peric. Rob Kidd. Damien Barnard. Wayne Newey. Kerry Jacobson. Az Kerwin. Harii Bandhu. Max Sportelli. Mark Henman. OJ. Andy 'The Prez' Whitehouse. Andrew Shrav. Gav Pearce. Jim Kelly. Greg Lyons. Steve Mostyn (Aussie Boy is now Alicia Keyes bass player!). Darryl Bowers. Andy Gander. James Gillard. Steve Francis. Steve Newcom. John Stefjul. Clint Allen. Gerry Mapstone. Dave Allen. Phil Yates. Kerri-Lee. Damien Simm. Max Stowers. Paul Murray. Simon Gardner. Terepai Richmond. Brett Garsed. Frank Gambale. Steve Hunter. Jon Dimond. Paul Hudson (I still have your James Taylor CD). James Sherlock. John Parker. And the list goes on....

Influences Beyond Music:

Jesus Christ. Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Bill Bryson. George Orwell. "Zen in the Art of Archery". Aldous Huxley. Mike Alstott. John Eales. Zinzan Brooke. "Effortless Mastery" (Kenny Werner). My Convict Heritage. Waris Dirie. Edward Halley. Bruce Lee. Ben Farrell. John Steinbeck. Leo Tolstoy. And above all Reason. I believe in reason. And I pity those who baulk out of fear of where reason may lead them.