Your Biggest Influence

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 10:41 am

Curious.

John Swain · Post by **John Swain** » 1 Jul 2018 10:51 am

I saw Doug with Vassar Clements before I bought a steel, although as a banjo player I'd heard Green,Emmons and Chalker!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 11:02 am

I just added Doug Jernigan to the list.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 1 Jul 2018 11:38 am

Larry Sasser. I'll bet you'll see a few Buddy Cage votes too, b0b.

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 1 Jul 2018 11:42 am

John Hughey and Weldon Myrick

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 11:46 am

I've reached the limit of poll options allowed. $:\$

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 1 Jul 2018 11:54 am

I put BE but I was also much inspired by Al Perkins' work with Manassas.

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 1 Jul 2018 12:03 pm

Red Rhodes (and in a photofinish for runnerup): Jerry Garcia, John David Call, Bobby Black, Pete Drake and Lloyd Green. My exposure to other SGHOF players came later.

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 1 Jul 2018 12:07 pm

Ian Rae wrote:I put BE but I was also much inspired by Al Perkins' work with Manassas.

Plus 1. Al Perkins

Andy Jones · Post by **Andy Jones** » 1 Jul 2018 12:13 pm

John Hughey and Buddy Charlton,equally.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 12:15 pm

I also forgot to include Rusty Young. $:\$

George Rozak · Post by **George Rozak** » 1 Jul 2018 12:15 pm

Pete Drake...

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 12:18 pm

Oh my. How could I forget Pete Drake?

I think I might end up re-doing this poll.

Jerry Horch · Post by **Jerry Horch** » 1 Jul 2018 12:40 pm

Joe Adams from Washington Courthouse,Ohio

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Jul 2018 12:46 pm

Little Roy Wiggins. I used to buy Eddy Arnold records just to listen to Roy.

Rich Gardner · Post by **Rich Gardner** » 1 Jul 2018 1:51 pm

Jerry Byrd

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 1 Jul 2018 2:30 pm

I should also have mentioned Bobby Black's contribution to Commander Cody.

Jonathan Shacklock · Post by **Jonathan Shacklock** » 1 Jul 2018 2:45 pm

Ralph Mooney! BJ Cole! Winnie Winston!

Sorry b0b, Ralph Mooney, surely in the top three most influential. Great question though!

Garry Vanderlinde · Post by **Garry Vanderlinde** » 1 Jul 2018 2:48 pm

It's really difficult, if not impossible to pick only one.

I don't see Don Helms name. All the Hank Williams stuff was very influential.

Ian Worley · Post by **Ian Worley** » 1 Jul 2018 2:57 pm

Ralph Mooney

Greg Milton · Post by **Greg Milton** » 1 Jul 2018 3:05 pm

Pete Drake

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 3:08 pm

Rich Gardner wrote:Jerry Byrd

Please vote.

Jonathan Shacklock · Post by **Jonathan Shacklock** » 1 Jul 2018 3:13 pm

I think you should split out the educators and teachers from the question. Separate poll for Jeff, Tom, Winnie, Reece, John McClung, Joe Wright, Mickey Adams, etc.
Paul Franklin clearly in both shortlists.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 1 Jul 2018 3:45 pm

Jonathan Shacklock wrote:I think you should split out the educators and teachers from the question. Separate poll for Jeff, Tom, Winnie, Reece, John McClung, Joe Wright, Mickey Adams, etc.
Paul Franklin clearly in both shortlists.

Feel free to start a separate poll for that.

This poll is so flawed! I'm going to redo it after a day or two, adding the obvious big omissions (Drake, Mooney, Helms) and deleting those with the fewest votes. The polling code only allows 20 entries, and I'm not going to change that.

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 1 Jul 2018 4:04 pm

Ralph Mooney

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