Here's my list in no particular order: Dave Douglas, Miles Davis, Gang of Four, Gilberto Gil, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the Clash, Radiohead, Nirvana, Patti Smith, David Baerwald, Pearl Jam, Joe Strummer, Midnight Oil, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, John Coltrane, Late-50's Sinatra, Nina Simone, Alice in Chains, Nick Lowe, James 'Blood' Ulmer, Vernon Reid and Living Colour, Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins, Ornette, Sonny Rollins, Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, Stones, Beatles, Dan Bern, Indian classical music, Tosca, Bob Marley, Michael Franti & Spearhead, John McLaughlin, Louis Armstrong, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Lou Reed, John Cale, Velvet Underground, Ray Lamontagne, David Gray's 'White Ladder', Richard Thompson, XTC, Little Richard, Hank Williams, & Leonard Cohen....

Oh yeah, and Kyle's favorite band, the Swollen Genitals...