Name your top 5 *non-guitarist* influences

[Huggy Love]

Jean Luc Ponty

A real special cat!!!

 

[Huggy Love]

Ok more -

James Taylor
Carol King
Seals and Crofts
Michael Jackson
Prince
Mel Torme
Colman Hawkins
Oscar Peterson
David Lee Roth
Brian Adams
Dave Grohl
Vivaldi
Debussy

Etc etc etc

You can’t compartmentalise me, I won’t conform, you can’t make me!!

I may not be able to, but FYI Prince, Grohl, Adams, Taylor, Seals & Crofts ..........all play guitar.
(good picks though)

 

[CVS]

Top 5 non guitarists

Sade (or her composer & arranger)
Grover Washington Jr
Dave Koz
Rick Braun
Herbie Hancock

 

[11top]

Jordan Rudess

I’d love to be able to call him an “influence,” but he’s so far beyond me that I’ll just settle for saying he’s simply incredible.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...0FF95D21333AF751A67A0FF95D21333AF75&FORM=VIRE

 

[Boogie]

Booker T. Jones
Eumir Deodato
Karen Carpenter
John Bonham
Terry Thomas

 

[Huggy Love]

Top 5 non guitarists

Sade (or her composer & arranger)
Grover Washington Jr
Dave Koz
Rick Braun
Herbie Hancock

She wrote and arranged a lot of her stuff but it was the guitar & bass players that built most of the music parts.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I may not be able to, but FYI Prince, Grohl, Adams, Taylor, Seals & Crofts ..........all play guitar.
(good picks though)

It’s their vocals that influenced me

 

[Huggy Love]

It’s their vocals that influenced me

That's why I started this thread, guitar players inspire and taught me but learning sax lines & vocal chops helps me play more uniquely.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

She wrote and arranged a lot of her stuff but it was the guitar & bass players that built most of the music parts.

True... but Sweetback or Stuart Matthewmans band without Sade ain’t the same.

 

[Huggy Love]

True... but Sweetback or Stuart Matthewmans band without Sade ain’t the same.

... without that dress either!

 

[geese_com]

Charlie Parker
Stan Getz
Bud Powell
Jascha Heifetz
Frank Sinatra

 

[sergiodeblanc]

... without that dress either!

Dear lord.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Dear lord.

Smooth operator!

 

[veinbuster]

I was reminded on the weekend how much I like:
Joan Armatrading.

 

[Elliot]

Some of mine are pretty f@cking wierd. I'm sure few people on here, if any, could relate.

Ages 6-13 I spent a ton of time with headphones on, at my house and riding in my parents' cars. I was kind of an only child and both of my parents were pretty busy. My taste wasn't the best but it had a big impact on my development I think.

Chester Bennington
Tom Delonge
eifel 65 - The band. for some reason when I was younger, (think ages 7-8 or 9) I listened to the whole album "Europop" with the song "blue" at least once a day. I'm pretty sure that album is seeded in my brain for all eternity, for good or bad.
Freddy Mercury - obviously
Tchaikovsky - I love the nutcracker music. The first time I had an ipod, I listened to the nutcracker music for a few months around the holidays. I remember the things I did and exactly where I was, when I was listening to it. I still really appreciate the beauty of every single one of those songs.

 

[IKnowALittle]

The Shmenge Brothers.

 

[walrus]

True... but Sweetback or Stuart Matthewmans band without Sade ain’t the same.

Agreed - I had the first Sweetback album, and although there is some good playing on it, the combination of Matthewman and Sade together - writing, production, etc. - has something special.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Agreed - I had the first Sweetback album, and although there is some good playing on it, the combination of Matthewman and Sade together - writing, production, etc. - has something special.

Yeah, he’s got some new side band with another girl singer. I forgot the name but I followed them on instagram until I decided they weren’t for me.

 

[owickerman]

Beethoven (not the dog)
Herbie Hancock
AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC

 

[pac90]

bonkers for Bjork
from 1996