Living Influences:

Oh, at first I thought you meant people who have influenced you when it comes to how you want to live your life.

When it comes to the guitar it is definitely Edward Van Halen, Peter Green, Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton, if we have to stick to people still alive.

Since I thought this thread was about something completely different than it really is, I'm going to do my best to derail it, so here we go:

When it comes to how to live my life it is a different matter. I'm not a religious man although I was brought up in a religious home and environment, but I guess Jesus has been an influence. You know, be nice to people and all that. My mum, who died a couple of years ago, was an inspiration as well. She went through a lot of hardships but never complained, and she always cared about and was interested in other people. She was a devout Christian, but very open, tolerant and including. She never ever judged other people and taught me a lot about respect. The next one I'll mention might sound very odd, but David Lee Roth has been an inspiration. I think a lot of people really don't get him. He might seem flamboyant and REALLY full of himself at times, talking all the time and so on, but when you actually listen to what he is saying, he is one hell of an interesting dude. He is really well read, has an immense thirst for knowledge, loves culture, speaks several languages and is kindhearted and very focused on being someone who can contribute to society. He worked as an EMT in New York, he paints, all in all I guess you could call him a bit of a renaissance man. I love that attitude. Living is learning and you should strive to learn as much as you can about as many things as possible. Simply because it will make you a better and more useful person.

There are tons of others as well, but those are the ones that come to mind first for me.
 
My living influences would have to be the good people right here on this forum.
Administrators, mods & members, as all are involved in the daily exchanges.
Some post clips or videos. Some post projects, some just comment, but it's all influential to me.
There's some great information to be had and great music to be heard.
Many talented people from all walks of life and many different countries all with a common interest.
Good job people of TTR.
 
Most of my influences are dead. They are mostly all old blues players. My favourite would be Brownie McGhee, a country blues player. Currently living would have to be Eric Clapton. I like the way he doesn't play too many notes. His nickname of slowhand suits my style just fine. I like players who try to make the song better rather than show off how good they are.

Here's a video of Brownie showing how his style evolved. He plays Kansas City Blues starting off very simple and gradually shows how he evolved. It is a master class in blues guitar playing.

 
Gahr said:
Oh, at first I thought you meant people who have influenced you when it comes to how you want to live your life.

When it comes to the guitar it is definitely Edward Van Halen, Peter Green, Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton, if we have to stick to people still alive.

Since I thought this thread was about something completely different than it really is, I'm going to do my best to derail it, so here we go:

When it comes to how to live my life it is a different matter. I'm not a religious man although I was brought up in a religious home and environment, but I guess Jesus has been an influence. You know, be nice to people and all that. My mum, who died a couple of years ago, was an inspiration as well. She went through a lot of hardships but never complained, and she always cared about and was interested in other people. She was a devout Christian, but very open, tolerant and including. She never ever judged other people and taught me a lot about respect. The next one I'll mention might sound very odd, but David Lee Roth has been an inspiration. I think a lot of people really don't get him. He might seem flamboyant and REALLY full of himself at times, talking all the time and so on, but when you actually listen to what he is saying, he is one hell of an interesting dude. He is really well read, has an immense thirst for knowledge, loves culture, speaks several languages and is kindhearted and very focused on being someone who can contribute to society. He worked as an EMT in New York, he paints, all in all I guess you could call him a bit of a renaissance man. I love that attitude. Living is learning and you should strive to learn as much as you can about as many things as possible. Simply because it will make you a better and more useful person.

There are tons of others as well, but those are the ones that come to mind first for me.
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Speaking of guitar-related influences, there are a bunch that come to mind but the ones that have probably had the most direct impact on my style of playing are...

Alex Lifeson
Brad Whitford
Tony Iommi
Gary Rossington
Marc Ford
Keith Gibbs
Nash Kato
Adam Jones
PJ Harvey
Josh Homme
Pepper Keenan
 
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