Seeing as you asked politely I will divulge the following musical mentors;
Spike Milligan.
Roy Castle.
Toni Arthur.
Kokomo Arnold.
Billy Bragg.
Roy Acuff.
Tal Farlowe.
Humphrey Lyttleton.
Judith Durham.
Leadbelly.
Bertholt Brecht.
Gustav Mahler.
Stockhausen.
Robert Fripp.
Joe Strummer.
Satchmo.
Tupac Shakur.
Dolly Parton.
and "4 lads from Liverpool who shook the world".

Regards.

Sidewinder.