| Influences | just the basics ... Declan MacManus, Mendelssohn, The Beatles, Mozart, Oingo Boingo, XTC, Frank Sinatra, David Byrne, The B-52's, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Mathis, Wall of Voodoo, Stan Ridgeway, The Partridge Family, The Police, The Sundays, The Stones, The Beat, The Jam, The Police, The Eurythmics, The Beach Boys, The Bloody Red Baron, The Who, The Doxology, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Otis Redding, Joe Jackson, Johnny Cash, Neil Finn, Patty Griffin, Nick Lowe, Willie, Ralph Stanley, Nick Drake, Jesus Christ Superstar, George Gershwin, John Conlee, John Anderson, Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss, Joni Mitchell, Steve Nieve, Andy Partridge, Billy Bragg, Burt Bacharach, George Jones, Danny Elfman, Cole Porter, Hank Williams, Rogers & Hart, Rogers & Hammerstein, Tony Bennett, Robert Palmer, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waitts, Randy Neuman, Johnny Mathis, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Petty, Loretta Lynn, T. Bone Burnett, Prince, Billy Joel, Elton John, PJ Harvey, School House Rock, Led Zepplin, Crowded House, Adam Schmitt, Crystal Gayle, Helen Reddy, k.d. Lang, Carly Simon, KC Bowman, Rhythm Akimbo, The Lawrence Welk Singers, Engine 88, Public Enemy, Tears For Fears, Crystal Gayle, The Doors, REM, OMD, U2, GBH, PIL, X, Sex Pistols, Bad Finger, The Baker Gurvitz Army, Moke, Pink Floyd, The Violent Femmes, Seal, Men Without Hats, Curiosity Killed The Cat, The Duck, Juliana Hatfield, Brendan Gamble, Matthew Sweet, The Cure, The Beastie Boys, The Beetle Bomb Boogie, Aerosmith, Free To Be You And Me ... |