| Influences | The world at large, music at large, faith, hope, love, joy, fear, hate, sorrow, kindness, beauty, pain, death, life, romance, damnation, salvation, sanctification, sacrifice, grace, mercy, peace, justice, injustice, obedience, disobedience, wisdom, folly, conformity, non-conformity, community, individuality, my wife, overcast days, rain, Western North Carolina, my family, alcohol, sobriety, The Fall, The Gospel, literature, film. John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Leadbelly, Jelly Roll Morton, Robert Johnson, Glen Miller, "Satchmo", Billie Holiday, Woodie Guthrie, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, John Fahey, The Temptations, Etta James, The Muscle Shoals House Rhythm Section, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zepplin, Tom Waits, Nick Drake, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, U2, David Bowie, The Clash, The Police, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, David Wilcox, John Gorka, Rich Mullins, Martin Sexton, M. Ward, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird, The Arcade Fire, Beck, Ben Folds, Cat Power, Matthew Ryan, David Mead, Elliott Smith, Jon Brion, Matt Morris, Richard Swift, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, The White Stripes, Wilco, and countless others that I am sure have played a part be it unknown and unheard. |
