This thread is for musicians only. What other musicians influenced you? As a musician, I play guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. These are the cats that influenced me as a musician.

As a guitarist:
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Eddie Hazel/Funkadelic
Ace Frehley/Kiss
David Gilmour/Pink Floyd
Ernie Isley/Isley Brothers
Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin
Randy Rhoads/Quiet Riot/Ozzy
Uli Roth/Scorpians
Nile Rodgers/Chic
Brian May/Queen
Prince
Roger Troutman/Zapp, Roger

As a bassist:
James Jamerson
Larry Graham
Bernard Edwards/Chic
Bootsy Collins
Prince
Brown Mark/Prince
Mark Adams/Slave

As a drummer:
John Bohnam/Led Zeppelin
James "Diamond" Williams/Ohio Players

As a keyboardist:
Bernie Worrell/Parliament-Funkadelic
Sly Stone
Prince
Elton John
Paul McCartney
Stevie Wonder

As a multi-instrumentalist:
Todd Rundgren
Paul McCartney
Sly Stone
Shuggie Otis
Stevie Wonder
Prince
Rick James

And cats that influenced me because they were so baaad:
Robert Johnson
Sammy Davis Jr.
Arthur Lee
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Billie Holiday

O.K., your turn.

Prince
James Brown
Stevie Wonder
Sly Stone
Marvin Gaye
Parliament Funkadelic
Joni Mitchell
D'Angelo
?uestlove
James Poyser
Roy Ayers
Kraftwerk
Raphael Saadiq
Eugene McDaniels
Curtis Mayfield

I know my fellow cats from The Verge has a list.

I can play keyboards but I am primarily a vocalist. So, I would have to say vocally:

Chaka Kahn,Whitney Houston, Phyllis Hymen, Sade, Anita Baker, Evelyn Chamapaign King, and Tina Turner.

Hotlegs said:

Cool. Yeah, I sing too. Chaka is an influence on me as well.
As a vocalists:
Prince
Chaka/Rufus
Stevie Wonder

Well let's see...

Seeing as I used to play the trumpet, I guess I would have to say when it came to influences it would've been first and formostWynton Marsalis. I remember being captivated by the sound when my dad brought home this album...



Secondly, it would've been Miles Davis & Roy Hargrove


Now, considering that I no longer play and have always sung, vocally my influences have been...

The one and only Stevie Wonder. As I've stated numerous times before, Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants was the first album I remember being captivated by learning the whole thing backwards and forwards...so much my family had to hide the album from me.

Secondly, my other influences would be Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Al Green, Rance Allen and The Clark Sisters.

George Michael and Puffy. And that's it.

1 of my strongest influence is the fantastic Bernie Worrell.
An album that had a great impact on me was his 1993 album
Blacktronic science.Dark,edgy,spaced out & absolutly beautiful.
/peace Manki

As a vocalist:

Jeff Buckley
John Lennon
Kurt Cobain
My singing teacher, my sister (also a singer) and yes, myself
Prince
David Bowie
Nina Simone
Bjork


As a guitarist:

Prince
Jimi Hendrix
Kurt Cobain
Jeff Buckley
BB King
Frank Zappa

As a sax player:

John Coltrane
Eric Leeds
Charlie Parker
Cannonball Adderly
Candy Dulfer
Stan Getz
Maceo Parker

As a bass player (though I don't own a bass just yet):

Flea
Paul McCartney
Prince

As a keyboard player (though this is my weakest instrument):

Paul McCartney
Stevie Wonder
Prince

As a drummer:

John Bonham
Dave Grohl
Prince
John Blackwell
Sheila E
Terry Bozzio

As a songwriter:

Pixies
Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Paul Simon
Stevie Wonder
David Bowie
Bob Dylan
Billy Joel
Jeff Buckley
Kurt Cobain
Prince
Frank Zappa
Bjork
Juliana Hatfield
Brian Wilson
Mike Patton/Mr Bungle


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Being a multi instrumentalist, I'm influenced by Prince in that regard. As a lyric writer, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Ani DiFranco, and Elvis Costello, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum. Musically, I'm influenced by punk and indie rock bands like the pixies as well as some poppier acts like Matthew Sweet. Mainly though it's other local musicians just trying to one up each other!

There are so many that i'll just list core influences

Early...

Mahalia Jackson


Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street


Johnny Smith


Later...








Now...




Right now...



Even with all that, there's tons missing.

Typo edit

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[Edited 9/21/04 8:44am]

Man, it's hard to remember everyone....well, First of all, I really just fart around on guitar and Bass ( played woodwinds throughout school), but these are the people whose music (directly or indiredtly)inspired me to want to pick up an instrument in the first place.....


Narada Michael Walden- all the compositions on his first few albums featured the guitar , so much so that I originally thought HE was a guitarist...through him, I learned more about Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Ray Gomez, and Hiram Bullock, and also about David Sancious, whom Narada would feature regularly...


Ernie Isley
Mark King
Mark Adams
Marcus Miller
Chuck Rainey
Anthony Jackson
James Jamerson
Stevie Wonder
Buddy Miles
Jimi Hendrix
Wayne Shorter
Maurice White/Larry Dunn
Eddie and George Del Barrio
Joe Zawinul
Jaco Pastorius
Joe Sample
Donny Hathaway
Bernie Worrell
Bernard Wright
Eddie Hazel
Mike Hampton
Bootsy Collins
David T Walker
Bernard Edwards/ Nile Rodgers
Rufus/ Chaka Khan
Stanley Clarke
Patrice Rushen
Steve Washington
Cordell " Boogie Mosson
Rodney"Skeet "Curtis
Pat Metheny
Lyle Mays
Todd Rundgren
Dexter Wansel
Wes Montgomery
Marvin Gaye
Wayne Johnson
Larry Carlton
Russell Ferrante
Jimmy Haslip
Bill Berg
William Kennedy
Herbie Hancock
Kit Walker
Steve Khan
Michel Colombier
Donald Fagen/ Walter Becker
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Jean Paul Bourelly
Peter Erskine
George Duke
Luther Vandross/ Nat Adderly Jr.
Lenny White
Ronnie Laws
Joni Mitchell
Tower of Power
Rickie Lee Jones
Brenda Russell
Allan Holdsworth
Wally Badarou
Mike Mainieri
John Scofield
Charles Stepney
Dave Gruisin
Thom Bell
Quincy Jones
Skip Scarborough
Paddy Macaloon
Nik Kershaw
James Taylor
Dori Caymmi
Sergio Mendes
Djavan
Ivan Lins
Jonatha Brooke
Thomas Dolby
Curtis Mayfield
Burt Bacarach
Hefner( Lee Jones)
Vince Mendoza
Rod Temperton
Chris Dedrick
Miles Davis
Gil Evans
Ennio Morricone
Henry Mancini
Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
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theAudience said:

OMG - is that, is that Rick SPRINGFIELD?

okay my influences are a very short list:
Guitar:
Hendrix, Prince, SRV and Keith Richards

Vocals:
Robert Palmer, Michael Hutchence and Mick Jagger

Bass:
Prince, Bootsy

Drums:
Prince, Tony Thompson

Keys:
Prince, INXS.

oh. how depressing. I oughtta drop some jazz names just to get a little respect.
[Edited 9/21/04 7:19am]

there are many musicians who I've really dug. however, looking objectively at the way I play, I can discern licks, techniques and approaches inspired by:

Catfish Collins
Jimmy Nolen
Prince
Grant Green
Hendrix
Wes Montgomery
David Gilmour
Mark Knopfler
Chuck Berry
BB King
[Edited 9/21/04 7:45am]

otan said:

I think that's Greg Howe...

paligap said:

Ooh shit pali. Damn! I can always count on u player! Thanx.

And u know also, non- musicians who are perhaps thinking of picking up an instrument and learning to get down, who is it that would influence u? Or does influence u? Inspire u to want to learn?

I've always loved music, always made up tunes when I was little. Lots of my friends had pianos in their homes and took piano lessons. I never got any, but I LOVED listening to them play. I couldn't tell you the composers... all I know is that one of my friends would play the Blue Danube and some Scott Joplin and I would love to watch his hands.

I always loved art assingments in elementary school. I also remember some poetry assignments. When I was 14 I discovered Duran Duran and decided I wanted to be creative with music.


So here is my list:

Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran/Arcadia Keyboard/Synthesist)
Simon LeBon (Duran Duran/Arcadia Vocalist/Lyricist)
Sting
Tori Amos
Bjork
Terrance Trent Darby
The Doors
Madonna
Prince
Living Colour
Sheila E
Sade
Vivaldi
Elliot Goldenthal
Alanis
Nirvana
Nine Inch Nails
Ruby
Deee-Lite
Depeche Mode
Steve Vai
Jai Uttal

And many more!

paligap said:

Oh. Same thing...

Prince
All (P-) Funk artists
Jimi Hendrix
Steely Dan
Zapp
Miles Davis
Bob Marley
Underworld
Prodigy
Leftfield

And a million others of course...

otan said:

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theAudience said:

I know, huh? Damn. Don't do it, player! Don't do it!

blackguitaristz said:

I've always wanted to play piano like Richard Smallwood or Twinkie Clark, guitar like Prince, bass like Bootsy Collins or Cordell "Boogie" Mosson and drums like Sheila E. but I'm thankful with what God has blessed me with what to work with.

okaypimpn said:

Beautiful attitude, player!

blackguitaristz said:

OH YOU GIRLS know I'm kidding!

otan said:

Ah shit, hold me ya'll, hold me. There's going to be some furniture moving!

hectim said:

Catfish, very cool!

otan said:

You talkin' to us?
(voiced down 2 octaves)

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theAudience said: