Jeff Beck, Tomo Fujita, and Agata (of Melt Banana) when it comes to guitar, and Flea and Jaco Pastorius when I'm playing bass.
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Go me for mentioning people nobody else did *originality dance*
Richie Kotzen
"It's all about stickin it to the man!"
It's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll!
The Edge, Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello, BB King, Dave Grohl (acoustic stuff), Nick Drake
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page were my biggest influences.
But also;
Steve Howe
Peter Frampton
Ted Nugent
Angus Young
Neil Young
Jeff Beck
John Lennon
George Harrison
Pete Townsend
Ritchie Blackmore
Alvin Lee
Steve Miller
Billy Gibbons
Keith Richards
Chuck Berry
Johnny Rivers
and many others
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
And the prize for the most obvious statement goes to OWA. :wink:
Awesome! Two prizes in two days.........no wait.........three prizes!
I'd have to say my biggest influence is Kurt Cobain. He's even made me want a Fender Jaguar.
And the prize for the most obvious statement goes to OWA. :wink:
Awesome! Two prizes in two days.........no wait.........three prizes!
I'd have to say my biggest influence is Kurt Cobain. He's even made me want a Fender Jaguar.
Not a Jag-Stang?
-=tension & release=-
My influences? Anyone I've ever heard and enjoyed....
My biggest influence, though, has to be ME....I want to play guitar in my own style, so the songs I hear in my head come out the same way through my fingers....
About time I started influencing myself....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Richards, Hoey, SRV, Knopfler, Page
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page were my biggest influences.
But also;
Steve Howe
Peter Frampton
Ted Nugent
Angus Young
Neil Young
Jeff Beck
John Lennon
George Harrison
Pete Townsend
Ritchie Blackmore
Alvin Lee
Steve Miller
Billy Gibbons
Keith Richards
Chuck Berry
Johnny Rivers
and many others
Thanks Wes :D :D
I was about to post the same list more or less :lol: add John Fogarty, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, BB King, and most of the old Delta blues men to that 8) 8) --the dog
Brian May - he doesn't get enough credit IMHO - and Alex Lifeson. A little bit of Slash, too.
There's less differentiation in the classical world - most people sound the same - so I don't have anybody from that side of my playing to mention.
Best,
A :-)
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
Wedding music and guitar lessons in Essex. Listen at: http://www.rollmopmusic.co.uk
My influences? Anyone I've ever heard and enjoyed....
My biggest influence, though, has to be ME....I want to play guitar in my own style, so the songs I hear in my head come out the same way through my fingers....
About time I started influencing myself....
:D :D :D
Vic
good idea :idea: .atleast i m not the only one who sometimes feels like that :twisted:
Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, T-Bone Walker, Hubert Sumlin, Johnny Winter, Santana, Django
Immature? Of course I'm immature Einstein, I'm 50 and in a Rock and ROll band.
New Band site http://www.myspace.com/guidedbymonkeys
My biggest influences are....
Neil Peart
Jeff Porcaro
Ansley Dunbar
Dave Weckl
Tris Imboden
Simon Phillips
For starters...
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
Have to say first and foremost Øistein Sunde - fantastic norwegian guitar player! Unfortunately (for him!?) his songs are in norwegian only - however, some of his instrumental stuff is terrific too!
also EC, Mark Knopfler and more recently Robbie Robertson are important - not in the sense that I'll ever play like them, but because they remind me how cool guitar can be!
Oh - Mike Bloomfield together with Dylan in the mid 1960s too!!
Lars
...only thing I know how to do is to keep on keepin' on...
LARS kolberg http://www.facebook.com/sangerersomfolk
Have to say first and foremost Øistein Sunde - fantastic norwegian guitar player! Unfortunately (for him!?) his songs are in norwegian only - however, some of his instrumental stuff is terrific too!
also EC, Mark Knopfler and more recently Robbie Robertson are important - not in the sense that I'll ever play like them, but because they remind me how cool guitar can be!
Oh - Mike Bloomfield together with Dylan in the mid 1960s too!!
Lars
Oh yea, I forgot Mike Blommfield :D and throw in Steven Stills also 8)
