Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Alice Cooper, Stevie Ray Vaughn, B.B. King, Brian Setzer, Tony Iommi, Ted Nugent, Dave Navarro, Moe, Larry & Curly, Billy Hector, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ace Frehley, Flea, Billy Gibbons, George Thorogood, Mojo Nixon, Billy Preston, John Paul Jones, Warren Zevon, Jake & Elwood Blues, David Lee Roth, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Joe Satriani, The Edge, Captain Geech and The Shrimp Shack Shooters, Motown, Scotty Moore, Freddie King, Southern Rock, Rockabilly... Shit, I like basically anything that sounds good and is performed with fun and passion (except for wacked out progressive jazz, because that’s just pretentious noise….” Hey, lets start on a Em7, dim 9th, augmented 5th and jam incoherently for 5 minutes, land back on the E and call ourselves creative geniuses”)