| Influences | Leo Brouwer, Blind Blake, Joseph Spence, Manuel Barrueco, Big Bill Broonzy, Merle Travis, John Williams, Ry Cooder, Augustin Barrios Mangore, Doc Watson, Paco Pena, Earl Klugh, Mance Lipscomb, Django Reinhardt, Lightnin' Hopkins, Tony Rice, William Moore, John Koenig, Graham Anthony Divine, Rev. Gary Davis, Dave Zeitlin, Ricardo Cobo, Roland Dyens, John Renbourn, Carl Buffa, Bret Lopez, Sergio Assad, Bukka White, too many more to list.
Sonny Terry, Little Walter Jacobs, Walter Horton, Sonny Boy Williamson (both of 'em,) Junior Wells, Charlie McCoy, Ernie Morris, Dr. Ross, George "Harmonica" Smith, James Cotton, Mel Lyman, Hammie Nixon, Brendan Power, Stevie Wonder, Howard Levy, James Harman, Rhythm Willie, Pete "Madcat" Ruth, Blues Birdhead, Pat Pierce, Larry Adler, Jerry McCain, Danny "Bassharp" Wilson, Norton Buffalo, Charlie Musselwhite, and many, many more.
(I can't sing like any of them, but here's the folks I dig:) Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Aaron Neville, Rev. Claude Jeter, Pookie Hudson, Solomon Womack, Archie Brownlee, Paul Brady, Billie Holiday, Ricky Skaggs, Luke "Long Gone" Miles, Tony Rice, James B. Davis, Allison Krauss, Dolores Keane, Lightnin' Hopkins, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, Big Bill Broonzy and tons more. |
