People I like, not neccessarily influenced by: 16 Horsepower, The Be Good Tanyas, The Beatles, Beck, Bellowhead, Bjork, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, The Coral, Cowboy Junkies, Curtis Mayfield, Devendra Banhart, Django Reinhardt, The Doors, Doris Duke, Dr. John, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliott Smith, Explosions in the Sky, Fairport Convention, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Welch, Gomez, Gorillaz, The Hives, Iggy Pop, Jackson C. Frank, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Jefferson Airplane, Jim White, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Osborne, John Coultrane, John Martyn, Jolie Holland, Jose Gonzalez, Josh Ruse, Julie London, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Killers, Kings of Leon, The Kooks, Love, Mazzy Star, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Nick Drake, No Doubt, Odetta, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, The Ramones, The Raveonettes, Ravi Shankar, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reef, Ryan Adams, Scott Matthews, The Shins, Simon and Garfunkel, The Smiths, Son of Dave, Stevie Wonder, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Tim Buckley, Tindersticks, Tom Vek, The United States of America, The Velvet Underground, The Ventures, The Violent Femmes, The White Stripes, Wilco, Zero Seven.