The 3 guitar teachers:

Bill Suyker (studied 1956-57)
Roy Smeck (studied 1958-63)
Sal Salvador (studied 1963-66)

Late 50's and early 60's:

Duane Eddy
The Ventures
Jorgen Ingmann
Howard Roberts
Tommy Tedesco
Manitas de Plata
Andres Segovia
James Burton
Scotty Moore
Hank Garland
Chet Atkins
Lonnie Mack
Les Paul

Mid 60's:

Curtis Mayfield
Steve Cropper
Richie Havens
Levon and The Hawks (a.k.a. The Band)
Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
The Yardbirds
Jimi Hendrix
B.B. King
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Rick Derringer
Wes Montgomery
Kenny Burrell
Johnny Smith

Mid 60's - Mid 70's in the N.Y. Studios:

Cornell Dupree
Denny Dias
Vinnie Bell
Jay Berliner
Jerry Freidman
Jeff Mironov
Hugh McCracken
David Spinozza
John Tropea
Eric Weissberg

Late 60's - Early 70's:

Domenic Troiano
Danny Kortchmar
Ry Cooder
Harvey Mandel
Arsenio Rodriguez
Yomo Toro

Other Important Influences:

George Gershwin (composer)
Jimmy Smith (organ)
King Curtis (sax)
Chuck Rainey (bass)
Don Covay (producer and songwriter)
Ravi Shankar (sitar)
Dr. John a.k.a. Mac Rebennack (keyboards and voc)
Ramsey Lewis (piano)
Otis Spann (piano)
Paul Griffin (keyboards)
Ray Charles (keyboards and voc)
Sam Cooke (voc)
Aretha Franklin (voc)
Bernard Purdie (drums)
Ray Barretto (congas, percussion)
John Mayall (harmonica)
Don "Sugarcane" Harris (violin)

 

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