| Influences | OVERALL MUSIC INFLUENCES: Mom, Ralph Liddle; Jeff Harvey; Jim Monroe; Stuart Duncan; Michael Tavera; Andrew Boettner; Joel Ferguson; Patrick Brayer; Richard Stekol; Ronnie “Stepper” McQueen; Jim McQuade; Stephen James; Mike Caouette; Chuck Estes _ BANJO: Rusty Young; Bernie Leadon; Bobby Thompson; Jerry Garcia; Eric Weissberg & Marshall Brickman; Greg Rich; Abe Brown; Larry McNeely; JD Crowe; Bill Keith; EARL SCRUGGS; Craig Smith; Pat Cloud _ GUITAR: Randy Snoddy, Norman Blake, Tony Rice; Don Felder, Greg Leisz, Jay Leach; Billy Joe Walker Jr., Jimmy Bryant, Eldon Shamblin, “Thumbs” Carlile, Albert Lee; Jay Graydon, Larry Carlton, Dean Parks; Joe Pass; Allan Holdsworth; Eric Johnson; Pat Metheny _ BASS: Leland Sklar; Neil Stubenhaus; David Hungate; Abe Laboriel; Jaco, Richard Bona _ MANDOLIN: Jethro Burns; Bill Monroe; Ricky Skaggs; David Grisman; Ronnie McCoury _ PIANO: Glenn Gould; Gonzalo Rubalcaba; Yvgeny Kissin; Herbie Hancock; Oscar Peterson _ SINGERS: Keith Whitley; Ricky Skaggs; Stanley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Finnigan, Merle Haggard, Donny Hathaway, Vince Gill, Bonnie Raitt, Tommy Funderburk, Michael McDonald, Don Rigsby, Randy Graham, Eva Cassidy _ CLASSICAL: Prokofiev; Bach; Chopin; DeBussy; Rimsky-Korsakov; Ravel _ SONGWRITERS: Carter Stanley, Bill Monroe, Richard Stekol, Patrick Brayer, James Taylor, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Eagles, Honk, Airplay, Pages, Ken Orsow, Kenny Loggins; Thelonious Monk; Miles Davis; Gershwins _ PERFORMERS: Michael Ruff, Abraham Laboriel Sr. _ POETRY: Pablo Neruda; Rumi; David Whyte _ LIFE: HH Dalai Lama; MK Ghandi; Henry David Thoreau; Gautama Bhudda; Jesus; Lao Tzu; Upanishads; Walt Disney; John Robbins; Gerry Lopez; Björn Borg; Yvon Chouinard; David Eisenberg (DCAT); Ianto Evans; Dennis & Sevren; Matts & Judy; Mom & Dad; my kids, Tucker & Anza |
