The Beatles. The Stones. Jimi. Cream. Santana. Led Zep. Joni. Pink Floyd. Nirvana. Chris Squire. Jack Bruce. Billy Sheehan. Paul McCartney (for his bass playing). Stevie Wonder. Aretha. Kings of Leon. Bowie. Prince. Eric Clapton. Robin Trower. Finbar Furey and many other Uillean pipers. Rory Gallagher. Peter Gabriel. Paul Simon. The Cult. James Brown. Wilson Pickett. Otis Redding. B B King. Buddy Guy. Walter Trout. Frank Sinatra (for his timing and phrasing - no-one better before or since). Yo Yo Ma. Eminem. Joe Cocker. Z Z Top. There are more, but my brain just gave out.

Pink Floyd Van Morrison The Beatles AC/DC Boney James Mario Lanzo The Four Tops

Blue October, Tom Petty and The Doors

LP-Strange, U2, John Denver, Garbage, Souxie and the Banshees, Bread, Pink, Boxcar Racer, Elton John, Sam Smith, Pink Floyd.

Van Gogh, Count Basie, Sinatra, The Beatles, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Merle Haggard, and Bogart

so many! but john lennon, who was, apart from singing and songwriting, an interesting writer of flash fiction, and a good cartoonist, influenced my own writing style more than better writers did. that's sufficiently odd to mention, i suppose.

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Michael Chekhov, Duran Duran, Donna Tartt, Mucha, Tennessee Williams

Claude Monet

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Michaelangelo

Damn that's hard to say. There are too many and it changes from day to day. If I had to pick one right now I'd say Steely Dan.

Mine are: Clutch, Modest Mouse, The Shins, and Georges Bizet (the composer).