Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.
I'm a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.
The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.
My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.
My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Billy Boy Arnold records.
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.
Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of the stuff he did on his first and second records is beyond brilliant.