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  MUSICAL INFLUENCES OT THE KAT CLUB!

The Beatles, Steely Dan, Little Feat,
The Band, Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Dire Straits,
Brazilian Bossa Nova, Samba, MPB, Tropicália, etc, Humble Pie, The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones, Larry Carlton, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Donovan, Soul Music: Motown/Stax & Atlantic, Graham Parker and The Rumour, Steve Gadd, Burt Bacharach, Nick Lowe & Brinsley Schwarz, Tower of Power, The Coasters, 
Elvis Costello, Tom Scott, Sting & The Police, Little Richard, The Byrds, James Brown, Michael Brecker, Ry Cooder, The Kinks, James Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, The Drifters, Oscar Peterson, Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Squeeze,
The Yardbirds, Young Rascals, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Brian Wilson, Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions, Daryl Hall, Ramsey Lewis,

Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Jerry Douglas, Chicago, The Hollies, Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Bros., Blood, Sweat & Tears, Mose Allison, Earl Scruggs, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Emmons, Rock en Español, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Franklin, Nelson Riddle, Laura Nyro with LaBelle, The Grateful Dead, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Dionne Warwick, The Bee Gees, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
Indian Raga & Bollywood, French Café Music, Cuban Music, Jan & Dean,
Buffalo Springfield, The Dave Clark Five, Joni Mitchell, Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Rich's Big Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Linda Ronstadt, Hendrix...


Freddy Moore's top 31 musical influences:

I couldn't figure out how to answer the question: "What are your musical influences?"
So, based on my MP3 Player (sorted by number of hours), these must be...

01The Beatles
02The Kinks (Ray Davies, Dave Davies)
03Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Neil Young)
04Bob Dylan, Donovan
05The Band (Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko)
06Blues (Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson)
07Graham Parker and The Rumour
08Nick Lowe and Brinsley Schwarz
09Steely Dan (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen)
10Stevie Winwood (Traffic, Spencer Davis Group)
11Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (the instrumentals)
12Brazilian Greats: Caetano Veloso, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Djavan, Chico Buarque, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Maria Bethânia, Marisa Monte, Tribalistas, etc
13Squeeze (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook, Jools Holland)
14Ry Cooder
15James Taylor
16Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman (Flying Burrito Brothers,The Byrds )
17The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood)
18Lowell George and Little Feat
19Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (The Coasters, The Drifters), etc
20Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton (Small Faces, Humble Pie)
21Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Dinah Washington (Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, etc.)
22World Music (Paris Combo [France],Bob Marley [Jamaica], Buena Vista Social Club [Cuba], Ravi Shankar and Bollywood [India], etc)
23Jazz (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Count Basie, Theloneous Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, etc)
24Fito Páez, Andrés Calamaro, Charly Garcia (Argentine Rock Singer-Songwriters)
25Brian Wilson
26Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits
27Sting and The Police
28Paul Simon
29Elvis Costello and the Attractions
30Prince, George Clinton, James Brown
31Hank Williams, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo), Lucinda Williams, Paul Westerberg and the Replacements, BR5-49, Whiskytown, Jayhawks, etc

Dennis Peters' top 35 musical influences:

Probably more influenced by particular albums then by complete bodies of work from the artists in all but a few cases, but here you go for what it's worth.
01 The Beatles
02 Steely Dan
03 Todd Rundgren
04 Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
05 Soul Music - Motown/STAX & Atlantic (Temptations, 4 Tops, Funk Bros. & James Jamerson, Booker T & the MGs, Jr. Walker, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, etc)
06 The Band
07 Flo and Eddie/Frank Zappa
08 Tower of Power
09 James Brown
10 Little Feat
11 The Rolling Stones
12 Elvis Costello
13 The Young Rascals
14 The Yardbirds
15 Sting/The Police
16 The Impressions/Curtis Mayfield
17 The Byrds
18 The Hollies
19 Chicago(with Terry Kath) & Blood, Sweat & Tears(with Al Kooper)
20 Bob Marley
21 The Everly Brothers
22 The Coasters
23 Bonnie Raitt
24 Paul Simon(sans Garfunkel)
25 Laura Nyro with LaBelle
26 The Blues(Muddy, Sonny Boy, Wolf, Hooker , etc.)
27 The Grateful Dead(American Beauty & Working Man's Dead)
28 Jan & Dean
29 The Dave Clark Five
30 Buddy Rich's Big Band
31 Little Richard & Chuck Berry
32 Jimi Hendrix
33 Sheryl Crow
34 Linda Ronstadt
35 Asleep at the Wheel

Peter Wingerd's top 31 musical influences:


Stream of consciousness, so, there's no real ranking,
01 Larry Carlton
02 Steely Dan
03 Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits                                                                                 
04 The Beatles
05 Todd Rundgren
06 Steve Gadd
07 Burt Bacharach
08 Tom Scott
09 Michael Brecker
10 Herbie Hancock
11 Chick Corea
12 Oscar Peterson
13 Chet Atkins
14 Les Paul
15 Daryl Hall
16 Ramsey Lewis
17 Vince Gill
18 Lyle Lovett
19 Jerry Douglas
20 Earl Scruggs
21 Buddy Emmons
22 Paul Franklin
23 Little Feat
24 Nelson Riddle
25 Dionne Warwick
26 BeeGees
27 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
28 Frank Sinatra
29 Joni Mitchell
30 James Taylor
31 Ry Cooder

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