Influences

People have asked me numerous times over the years who my musical influence or favorite band/performer/composer was.

Honestly, I don't know.

All the people and groups listed here, however, have in some way directly influenced what I do, how I write, or who I am musically. This is far from a complete list- this is really the top ten percent that occurs to me as I sit here writing this page. So, in the interests of getting it up to the site as fast as possible, this site is *really* under construction- I'll add links as I have time.

But if you're impatient, do a search for any of these fine musicians on Yahoo- it'll keep you going for awhile.

So- in no particular order...

Jethro Tull	Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young	George and Ira Gershwin	Kristoph Klover and Margaret Middleton
Loreena McKennitt	David Bowie	Bob Seger	John Lennon
Indigo Girls	Jim Croce	Supertramp	Gordon Lightfoot
John McCutcheon	Moody Blues	Paul Simon	Meatloaf
Tom Chapin	Mustard's Retreat	Simon and Garfunkel	Heather Alexander
Harry Chapin	Don McLean	Cat Stevens	Pete Townshend
Stan Rogers	Roy Orbison	Dan Fogelberg	Urban Tapestry
Eagles	Hazel O'Connor	Three Dog Night	Puzzlebox
America	Phil Ochs	Arlo Guthrie	Ookla the Mok
The Animals	John Prine	Buddy Holly	Black Book Band
Joan Baez	Eric Clapton	James Taylor	Sheryl Crow
the Beatles	Pink Floyd	The Who	Kathy Mar
SHOUT!	Peter, Paul, and Mary	Billy Joel	Mary Ellen Wessels
The Byrds	John Denver	Elton John	Kat Eggleston
Buffalo Springfield	Bob Dylan	Neil Young	Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff
Beethoven	Saint Saens	Tchaikovsky	John Philip Sousa
Rogers and Hammerstein	Gilbert and Sullivan	Echo's Children	Neil Diamond
Led Zeppelin	JS Bach	JF Bach	Palestrina
Pete Seeger	Sally Rogers	Peggy O'Niell	tori amos
Peter Gabriel	Bob Berlien	Steve Brust	Fred Levy Haskell
Bill and Gretchen Roper	Steve Simmons	Julia Ecklar	Frank Hayes