Influences

LIVIN’s influences are almost too many to list – here’s our best shot… and this list is not in order of importance, they’re all important!

Thelonious Monk, Jimi Hendrix, Astrud Gilberto, Hunter S. Thompson, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, Charlie Parker, James Brown, Kurtd Cobain, Robert Fripp, Rich Fusco, J.S. Bach, Prince, Edward D. Wood Jr., The Police, Bix Beiderbecke,Yes, War (the Long Beach, CA band), Mississippi Fred McDowell, Steve “The Colonel” Cropper, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Johnny Cash, George Benson, Sammy Davis Jr., Iron Maiden, Ayn Rand, Yes, John Coltrane, Howlin’ Wolf, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Leo Fender, Frank Sinatra, Hudson County, Mongo Santamaria, Curtis Mayfield, Paco De Lucia, Alice in Chains, Howard Hughes, U2, Conway Twitty, The Stylistics, Nederland, The Who, Ed Seykota, Lady Gaga, Antonio Vivaldi, George Jones, George Clinton, The Pixies, Sex Pistols, Cary Grant, Syd Barrett, Stanley Kubrick, ELP, Magnetic Tape, The White Stripes, Michael Faraday, The Shangri-Las, Mel Torme, The Ding Dongs, ? and the Mysterians, Sugar Billy, Leonard Nimoy, Wes Montgomery, Christina Aguilera, Queen, Vacuum Tubes, Scatman Crothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jack Nicholson, George Michael, Tammy Wynette, David Gilmour, Weezer, Jim Morrison, Homer & Jethro, Brian Wilson, Living Colour, Mercyful Fate, Tommy James and the Shondells, Isaac Hayes, Django Rheinhardt, Steve Albini, Hop Wilson and his Two Buddies, Jimmy Stewart, Hank Williams Jr, Snoop Dogg, Marquis de Lafayette, Sam Philips, Les Sexareenos, Pink Andersen, Floyd Council, Jimmy Nolen, Charlie Christian, Buddy Bolden, Sir Rupert Neve, Black Flag, Daniel Barenboim, Phonograph Records, Hand Wired Point To Point Circuits, Lucille Bogan.