Ruby Jean's my space list of music influences-

Woody Guthrie, Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Etta James, the Kinks, Blind Willie McTell, Beck, Gram Parsons, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Ten Years After, Wayne Hancock, John Prine, John Hiatt, Dr. John, The Band, The Staple Singers, Loudon Wainwright III, Iris Dement, Violent Femmes, Merle Haggard, James Marshall Hendrix, Jim Croce, Neil Young, George Jones, Tom Waits, Lorretta Lynn, Joan Jett, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Carla Daruda, Burl Biggs, Bobby Lane, Dale J Gordon, Mrs Mary Wilson, Lana Davies, Captain Beefheart

Ruby Jean, of the Weedhawks, lists the above as some music influences. Pretttttty Decent, eh?