Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Stringsinger Date: 21 Jan 09 - 03:27 PM My influences were broad-ranging. I learned about melodic improvisation and its complexity from Charlie Parker. I learned about simple direct single lyric lines from Woody Guthrie. I learned about musical economy from Miles Davis. I learned about communication of heart-felt musical ideas from Louis Armstrong. Raw power from Leadbelly. What the acoustic guitar can do from Eddie Lang and Django. Phrasing of a song from Tony Bennett. The power of song for people from Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson. The total misuse and corrupt ideology from German marching and drinking songs from the time of Hitler. My influences may or may not have influenced what I do when I make music, however. when we play music, we are really our own unique influence. Frank Hamilton |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 21 Jan 09 - 03:25 PM "What is the treament for post traumatic folk disorder?" One viewing, to be taken three times a day, after meals ;0) |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 Jan 09 - 02:59 PM Sleepy rosie - you may be a lost cause, but we shall see what we can do. What is the treament for post traumatic folk disorder? |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 Jan 09 - 02:47 PM From early childhood a tiny selection Captain Kangaroo Captain Kangaroo does NOT sing Button up your overcoat The banana man Tom Terrific and Manfred The Town Clown I am a fine musician |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Janie Date: 21 Jan 09 - 01:54 PM Like other's I'm influenced by almost everything I hear. (My fiddling sister tends to not listen to some fiddle styles that she otherwise likes, because she doesn't want her own, old Appalachian style fiddling to be unconsciously influenced.) These are some of the people though, that I think have had the most influence. Some in terms of vocal style, some in terms of the music itself, and some, both. Henry Farmer Williams (my grandfather) Hazel Dickens Bonnie Raitt Maria Muldaur Lowell George Bessie Smith Tommy Thompson of the Red Clay Ramblers Robert Palmer Odetta |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:59 PM Waylon Jennings to the Sex Pistols, eh? Now there's a list. "Hi Lizzie I am back lol. Baby is doing great I am wore out though lol" Good to see you again, JT. Glad your little one is doing OK...I kept reading those bulletins, they did make me smile so. Are you teaching her the guitar yet? ;0) Now, something tells me that you may be a very big influence on her in a few years to come.. :0) |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:43 PM The greatest thing of all is that I'm still finding myself influenced by new generations of performers who bring something fresh to the table. I also realized that I had left Ian and Sylvia, and Ian Tyson himself out of my list. Josh White, to me, was a transcendent figure - he had no real peers and his story is still an inspiration to me. If you haven't become aware of him, I heartily recommend looking into this amazing man, his life and his music. It is an especially good time to do so, in light of our recent election. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Suegorgeous Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:40 PM Maddy Prior/Martin Carthy/Steeleye Span Sandy Denny/Fairport Tim Buckley (praps) Pentangle Planxty Bothy Band Capercaillie Lots of local, unknown and amazing singers in the Hebrides |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Jayto Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:33 PM Mose Rager Eddie Pennington Doc Watson Merle Travis Mississippi John Big Bill Broonzy Django Reinhardt The Hellecasters The Ventures Dick Dale Albert Lee Bob Brozman Waylon Jennings Rev. Horton Heat Brian Setzer Some that people will be like huh lol Steve Earle Robert Earl Keen REM U2 The Sex Pistols The Ramones Nirvana Southern Culture on the Skids Uncle Tupelo Ashley Macisaac Rammstein There are tons more but that is all I am gonna list right now. Maybe more later. Hi Lizzie I am back lol. Baby is doing great I am wore out though lol cya JTO |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: PoppaGator Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:12 PM Dylan once said something along the lines of: "Just open up your ears and you're influenced." I could list countless favorites, but I won't. Recently, I've been reminded how important an early influence Tom Rush was for me. Ask me this again in a week or month, and I might have a different answer. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Phil Edwards Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:51 AM Dylan Alan Price (songs for O Lucky Man!) Peter Blegvad Robyn Hitchcock Nic Jones Tony Capstick and more recently John Kelly* Dick Miles** and a number of singers I've been lucky enough to share singarounds with. *John's music is probably the main reason I'm a traddie now. Cheers, John. **Strictly speaking Dick hasn't influenced me *yet* - but one of these days I'm definitely going to get a concertina and learn to play. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Midchuck Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:43 AM In _approximate_ chronological order: Tex Ritter Roy Rogers Gene Autry Hank Williams Homer and Jethro Tom Lehrer The Kingston Trio The young Joan Baez Ian and Sylvia (and John Herald) The Clancys and Tommy Makem The early Country Gentlemen Doc Watson The Charles River Valley Boys (got me through Law school) Dick McCormack (no, you never heard of him) Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings The Seldom Scene Ian Tyson (the second time around) Tom Russell To name but a few... Peter |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:36 AM Beautiful words, fg. :0) And good to see Harry Chapin up there TJ. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:29 AM An eclectic crew, to say the least: Merle Travis Chet Atkins Joe Maphis The Weavers Bud & Travis The Journeymen The Kingston Trio Jon Adams Terry Gilkyson Mose Allison Charlie Byrd Oscar Brand Joe & Eddie Josh White Bob Gibson Laurindo Almeida Odetta Jack Teagarden With additional influences by: The Limeliters The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Gordon Lightfoot Red Shea Harry Chapin John Stewart Many more. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: frogprince Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:27 AM It's presumptuous of me to even say anything here; I have no performing ability at all. But I've written a few lyrics, and painfully battered out original melody lines for some of them. For years I looked at my wife, and wished I could write a love song for her that would hold a candle to Tom Paxton. this is the best I've managed so far |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:13 AM I remember being heavily influenced by Tim Hardin's "vibrato". For months back in the late 60s(?), I added a heavy vibrato to everything I sang. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Y_Not Date: 21 Jan 09 - 11:03 AM Micky & Griff.............. |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Stu Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:37 AM Planxty The Watersons Alec Finn Bothy Band the musicians who played at the two local sessions I started at, one of which is still going strong . . . . . . and seeing Simon Groome play bodhran on Blue Peter whilst re-recording the theme with Mike Oldfield (true). |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:30 AM Didn't mean to leave you in suspense... not quite sure how that happened. :-) The Anthology of American Folk Music Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's Lonnie Donnegan Dave Van Ronk Mississippi John Hurt Jerry |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:28 AM My main influences were: |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Beer Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:27 AM Hank Williams Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Gordon Lightfoot John Prine |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: The Sandman Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:24 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Unj_uU9tbs |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Backwoodsman Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:21 AM Elvis Buddy Carl Perkins Little Richard Jerry Lee The Platters Jackie Wilson The Shadows Marty Wilde Joe Brown Carole King Joni James Taylor Tom Paxton The Beatles The Rolling Stones Keith Emerson The Byrds The Eagles Jack Hudson etc etc etc etc for years and years all sorts of performers, and latterly, Allan Taylor Stan Rogers Dan McKinnon Nathan Rogers Richard Shindell |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Sleepy Rosie Date: 21 Jan 09 - 10:09 AM These B*stards! And These And This One I did recover somewhat by the time I was in my late teens of course, but the damage regarding 'folk music' was to last up until very recently... |
Subject: RE: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Y_Not Date: 21 Jan 09 - 09:57 AM "Everone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you like it". Thelonious Monk. |
Subject: Musicians Who Influenced You From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 21 Jan 09 - 09:46 AM I've just finished reading Richie Haven's autobiograhy 'They Can't Hide Us Anymore' (great book) in which he talks about how Bruce (Murdoch) influenced his own song writing style: "..And here is a song I wrote when I heard the title, "What More Can I Say, John?" The title came to me while I was in Canada after listening to the songs Bruce Murdoch was playing, songs that addressed issues going on in America more than most of the songs I was hearing back home. Listening to Bruce altered my perspective, opened my thinking, and expanded my songwriting..." Then, at the end of the book, his co-writer, Steve Davidowitz says this: "The first time I saw Richie Havens was in the Gaslight Cafe in the early 1960s, and this is how powerful an impression he made on me; instead of using the proceeds of a winning 37-1 long shot at Aqueduct to buy a car to run around Rutgers University, I bought my first guitar, even though I didn't play at the time." Recently, in the Folk Awards thread, someone mentioned that it was watching and listening to Phil Beer that had inspired him to take up the guitar... So, I was wondering, who were the people who musically influenced you? Bruce Murdoch Myspace Richie Havens Myspace |
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