Your early musical influences?

[Borderstone]

Jim Reeves? Didn't he play Superman in the 50's?

[Simone]

Great Topic. Never be embarrassed about what you used to listen to or still sneak around to hear. I for one, still listen to the sound track from "The Sound of Music" when no one else is around.

What we listened to and learned from has shaped our lives. My influences:

Ian & Sylvia
James Taylor
John Denver
Peter, Paul, & Mary
Simon & Garfunkel
Elton John
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Tony Rice
The Statler Brothers
John Anderson
Vern Gosdin
The Kendalls
Seals and Crofts
Eric Weissburg
Seldom Scene
Doyle Lawson
Led Zepplin
Sing Along with Mitch Miller
The Boston Pops
Jackson 5
Motown
The Stylistics

[Chris in Virginia]

Great Topic. Never be embarrassed about what you used to listen to or still sneak around to hear. I for one, still listen to the sound track from "The Sound of Music" when no one else is around.

What we listened to and learned from has shaped our lives. My influences:

Ian & Sylvia
James Taylor
John Denver
Peter, Paul, & Mary
Simon & Garfunkel
Elton John
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Tony Rice
The Statler Brothers
John Anderson
Vern Gosdin
The Kendalls
Seals and Crofts
Eric Weissburg
Seldom Scene
Doyle Lawson
Led Zepplin
Sing Along with Mitch Miller
The Boston Pops
Jackson 5
Motown
The Stylistics

[Borderstone]

Wow! I listen to almost all of them! I never really could get into the Kendalls though. I think their kind of corny. If that's what you like though,I'm not going to knock you for it. C.Y.O.T.F.O.Sundown!

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Borderstone (Also known as,"The B!")

[wsm2506]

My parents had a "Brothers Four" album that had "Wild Colonial Boy" and "Goin' Outta My Head" on it. And "Gimme That Wine" (containing the famous line, 'well I can't get well without Muskatel'). With canned clapping, no less. Also, lots of Irish music especially around St. Patrick's Day. I was about 8 when the Beatles hit the USA, so I guess they had a speck of influence.

[Toano-Tide]

My parents had a "Brothers Four" album that had "Wild Colonial Boy" and "Goin' Outta My Head" on it. And "Gimme That Wine" (containing the famous line, 'well I can't get well without Muskatel'). With canned clapping, no less. Also, lots of Irish music especially around St. Patrick's Day. I was about 8 when the Beatles hit the USA, so I guess they had a speck of influence.

[Laura]

At the risk of terribly dating myself, I remember listening to Hank Sr. (Williams, of course)on the old crank style record player and being blown away even at the age of 5 or so. Three Bells by the Browns gave me Jim Ed Brown and my Dad taught me that there'll never be another Jim Reeves. My trusty old AM radio introduced me to Al Martino and I just melted. My first LP was Roger Miller, Second Time Around and my last was Bad Company's first LP.(I still have them and many more)The rest of the list is varied according to my mood:
Patsy Cline (of course)
Harry Chapin
Gordy came in about this time
Livingston Taylor (James brother)
David Clayton-Thomas
Uriah Heep
Willie Nelson (when he had short hair)
Lou Reed blew me away with Berlin
All the others seem to fill in the blanks and connect the dots. Now I can at least appreciate, if not totally like, except hip-hop or rap stuff. Give me a break, I've got four grandkids that are ages one to ten!

[bittergreen]

At the risk of terribly dating myself, I remember listening to Hank Sr. (Williams, of course)on the old crank style record player and being blown away even at the age of 5 or so. Three Bells by the Browns gave me Jim Ed Brown and my Dad taught me that there'll never be another Jim Reeves. My trusty old AM radio introduced me to Al Martino and I just melted. My first LP was Roger Miller, Second Time Around and my last was Bad Company's first LP.(I still have them and many more)The rest of the list is varied according to my mood:
Patsy Cline (of course)
Harry Chapin
Gordy came in about this time
Livingston Taylor (James brother)
David Clayton-Thomas
Uriah Heep
Willie Nelson (when he had short hair)
Lou Reed blew me away with Berlin
All the others seem to fill in the blanks and connect the dots. Now I can at least appreciate, if not totally like, except hip-hop or rap stuff. Give me a break, I've got four grandkids that are ages one to ten!

[BILLW]

I started buying records when I was around
12, so that would be about 1968, from then on my collection would have every release from Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Cat Stevens,
I never was a huge Beatles fan, but I loved George's solo albums, especially All Things Must Pass. Some things never change, I'm looking forward to Tull's new Christmas album this fall!

[Rob1956]

I started buying records when I was around
12, so that would be about 1968, from then on my collection would have every release from Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Cat Stevens,
I never was a huge Beatles fan, but I loved George's solo albums, especially All Things Must Pass. Some things never change, I'm looking forward to Tull's new Christmas album this fall!