HungryHippo Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 while listening to this CD from Uncut magazine called 'Drifter's Escape: The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's 'John Wesley Harding' and 'Nashville Skyline,' I had the idea to start a thread where people can post lists of the songs that inspired their favorite musicians. a lot of us seem to dig the same music so this may be a good way to discover some unknown songs/ artists while at the same time gaining new insight into our favorite musicians. I'll start by adding the track list to that Uncut Dylan disc... Drifter's Escape: The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's 'John Wesley Harding' and 'Nashville Skyline' 1. Hank Williams- I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive2. Johnny Cash- Train Of Love3. The Carter Family- John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man4. Jerry Lee Lewis- Deep Elm Blues5. Elvis Presley- Blue Moon6. Clarence "Tom" Ashley- The Coo Coo Bird7. Carl Perkins- Matchbox8. Bill Monroe- Blue Moon Of Kentucky9. Woody Guthrie- Pretty Boy Floyd10. The Delmore Brothers- I'm Lonesome Without You11. Richard "Rabbit" Brown- James Alley Blues12. Hank Thompson- The Wild Side Of Life13. The Louvin Brothers- When I Stop Dreaming14. Lefty Frizzell- Lost Love Blues15. Woody Guthrie- I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Good idea for a thread. I'll see if I can find something substantial to add to this. From an interview, not from my own distorted recollections. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I once read an interview with Kurt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) where he extolled the virtues of:ZZ Top Said that Billy Gibbons was one of his favorite guitar players.Don't remember any specific songs, but I thought that one was interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I once read an interview with Kurt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) where he extolled the virtues of:ZZ Top Said that Billy Gibbons was one of his favorite guitar players.Don't remember any specific songs, but I thought that one was interesting.Huevos is pretty much a ZZ Top tribute album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Huevos is pretty much a ZZ Top tribute album. Agreed. And the interview came out about the same time as that album -- in Guitar Player Magazine.(Actually, reading that very article is what gave me the notion to check out music outside of the mainstream, in the first place!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 The Doors were heavily influenced by both the blues and jazz. they lifted the solo of their song 'Universal Mind' from John Coltrane's 'Afro Blue.' here's some links if anyone wants to check it out: The Doors- Universal Mind John Coltrane Quartet- Afro Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Speaking of Coltrane...I also remember reading that Roger McGuinn's guitar part on "Eight Miles High" was inspired by Coltrane.He said that he was trying to approximate the sound of the clacking valves on a saxophone with the way he attacked the strings on his 12-string, especially during that fast part after the main melody during the guitar motif. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Off the top of my head, some of Trey Anastasio's influences: Genesis, Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia, Kevin Shields/MBV, Robert Fripp/King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Duane Allman/Allman Brothers, Johann Sebastian Bach, Kurt Cobain/Nirvana, Pavement, King Sunny Ade. The list goes on and on, but those are the ones I think of and remember him talking about specifically. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Speaking of Coltrane...I also remember reading that Roger McGuinn's guitar part on "Eight Miles High" was inspired by Coltrane.He said that he was trying to approximate the sound of the clacking valves on a saxophone with the way he attacked the strings on his 12-string, especially during that fast part after the main melody during the guitar motif.I think Coltrane (at least the Coltrane that recorded Ascension) would've appreciated Husker Du's cover of Eight Miles High. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I know Garcia was a huge fan of Clarence White, and his work in bluegrass and with The Byrds. I don't think it's a coincidence that not long after Clarence joined The Byrds The Dead went from being an acid-soaked SF band to an Americana-styled rootsy band with "Workingman's" and "Beauty". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ray LaMontage says that after hearing "Treetop Flyer" by Stephen Stills, he quit his job and became a musician. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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