Which was most influential

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

my advice to you sir it to either get a life or start drinking heavily.

I'm over the top on both counts!

It's fine if you don't like EC.. but it's hard not to recognize the breadth of his work.

Let's list a few genres he has done significant work in...

punk/new wave
soul
country
Tin Pan Alley pop
reggae
rock
blues
jazz
classical (string quartet and even a ballet)
torch songs
etc etc the list goes on...

My taste in music is EXTREMELY broad and fairly deep and EC is one of the few artists that even comes close to touching on a noticeable fraction of it.

The guy has 30 studio albums.. only 8 of which didn't break the top 100... mostly due to being limited releases.

let's look at some of the artists he has written for... (and often with)

Chet Baker
David Crosby
Roy Orbison
Johnny Cash
Paul McCartney
nick Lowe
Dusty Springfield
Alison Krauss
The Chieftains
The Dubliners
Sam Moore
Roger McGuinn
and many many more

and this doesn't cover the people who have covered his works... bands like
Green Day
Linda Ronstadt
Duran Duran
Toto
Bob Walkenhorst(had to slip in the local boy)
George Jones
Ben Folds Five

And this list is just from his FIRST ALBUM. The full list is massive