| Influences | The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Dylan, Chuck Berry, Neil Young, Big Star, Elvis Presley, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, Sesame Street, The Band, Barack Obama, Todd Rundgren, Jim Henson, Leonard Bernstein, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Nesmith, Leiber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Boyce & Hart, Doc Pomus, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Groucho, Chico, Harpo & Zeppo, Johnny Marr, Gene Wilder, Bill Whitten, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Page, Peter Bogdonovich, Walter Cronkite, Little Richard, Dion Dimucci, Edward R. Murrow, The Byrds, Kinks, The Who, The Rascals, The Rolling Stones, David Ruffin, Phil Spector, Jerry Wexler & Ahmet Ertegun, Berry Gordy, Rocky Balboa, Phil & Don Everly, Francis Ford Coppola, Anything Motown, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Sam Cooke, Mitch Ryder, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Pete Ham, Al Pacino, Badfinger, Glyn Johns, Jan & Dean, Bob Odenkirk, Robert DeNiro, Bill Clinton, Howlin' Wolf, Marc Bolan, Stephen Wright, Marshall Will Kane, The Lovin' Spoonful, Hal Ashby, Del Shannon, Martin Scorsese, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Buddy Holly, Christopher Reeve as Superman, West Side Story, Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Robert Redford, Bellbottom Blues, Delaney and Bonnie, Neil Diamond, David Bowie, Andy Gibb, The Bee Gees (both late 60's and the disco years), Elton John, Michael Jackson, Peter Sellers, Tom Dowd, John DeVries & Mark LaFalce, Woody Allen, Muddy Waters, Frank Sinatra, Russ Tamblyn, Sammy, Graham and Will, Lenny, Squiggy, Joseph Campbell, Albert Hammond (Sr. and Jr.), Van Halen, Brian Filosa and Christine Biller. I'll list more as they come to me. |
