Ok, influences - Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, B. B. King, and Ronnie Earl are probably the biggest direct influences on my guitar style. Also David Lindley, Mike Campbell, Don Felder, George Harrison, Jorma Kaukonen, Mark Knopfler, James Burton, Luther Campbell, Grady Martin, Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Duane and Dickey, and Robbie Robertson. For songwriters, it would be CSNY(all of 'em), Dylan, Jackson Browne, Hunter/Garcia, Weir/Barlow, John Hiatt, Van Morrison, John Prine, Tom Petty, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, Paul Kantner, Bruce Hornsby, Robbie R and the Band, Harry Chapin, and Dan Fogelberg. Vocals?? Delbert McClinton, Duane Allman, CSN, Jerry and Bobby....
But here's even more....
You have to start with JOHNNY CASH. Then The Other Ones, Marshall Tucker Band, Outlaws, Poco, Jerry Jeff Walker, Traffic, Lyle Lovett, Dave Alvin, Joni Mitchell, Nanci Griffith, Monte Montgomery, Delbert McClinton, Jefferson Airplane, KVHW, Zero, Santana, Pink Floyd, Credence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Hunter, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, Wayne Krantz, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, John Scofield, Hot Tuna, Spinners, Robben Ford, Temptations, Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, David Lindley, Billy Joe Shaver, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Kimock, Jimmy Herring, Jim Croce, Lynard Skynrd, Indigo Girls, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones and Eagles. Oh yeah, MONTE MONTGOMERY.
Also Mark McPheeters, Dave Snyder, Doug "Deacon" Robertson, Joe "Hoosier" Rhodes, George "JakeG" Jacopec, John "Crash" Kamer, Dan Finkenstadt, Troy Baer, Tom Suhar, Jeff "C_Flat" Keller, Gary "Dot-Neck" Chvatal, Dave "Zeke" Roudabaugh, Rich "Mr. Friendly" Knuckalls, Bob Berg, Scott Peterson, Eric Ross, Duane Griffith, Steve Pootz, Mark Gifford, Dan Siefferlen, Brian Scherer, Dumeril Seven, Bob Clear, and Bryan Anderson.
+ almost ANY BLUES

B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Luther Allison, Earl Hooker, Magic Sam, Storyville, Robert Cray. And of course JOHN LEE HOOKER

Guess who????

Go here to see the pictures from the first Ohio jam..... Slow loading maybe....
 

 Go here to see a great theory cheat sheet!!!   Thanks to Mike Beers!

Latest band was ELASTIC LIMIT. CD still available!
This included

We specialized in no particular style, but play all types of music - southern rock, country, and blues were the mainstays, but from folk to hard rock to R&B to jazz to industrial reggae....we will did little.
We  gigged in Louisville, Toledo, Eaton, Dayton, Oxford, Hamilton, West Chester, Cincinnati, parts of Indiana, with one gig in Borneo.......

Previous bands includes Brother Bill's Porch Band, with Derek Stinson, Michelle Minette, Chase Brady, andTom Parker. Very nice original music there; Taylormade, a duo with Betsie Jones, and the Gluons, with Greg Holliday, Dave Weeks, Paul Alsing, and Dave Mooney.