| Cornelius Boots Artist's Website >> Raised on Billy Joel and Hall & Oates, there is no avoiding these early influences. It has also been recently discovered that Steve Perry may inform a clarinetist's concept of melody as much as Mozart and Weber. See Below for an extended list of influences. Cornelius Boots finds himself somewhere between Eric Dolphy and Eddie Vedder. Or between Les Claypool and Lenny Pickett. Eric said we are all influenced by everything we've ever heard, rendering this list of influences redundant and pointless. Enjoy! Eric Dolphy Melt-Banana John Cage Spinal Tap David Lynch MIRV Edward D. Wood, Jr. Jimmy Scott Laurie Anderson Melora Creager Andy Kaufman Sepultura Angelo Moore Yoda Erik Satie Buckethead Lenny Pickett Sherlock Holmes Rahsaan Roland Kirk Buddy Guy Roman Polanski Journey Beth Custer Primus Thelonius Monk R.L. Burnside Sonny Rollins Elizabeth Fraser Adam Gates Hall and Oates Johnny Depp Flea Blind Willie Johnson Tom Waits Stevie Wonder Schlenkerla Cream Jimmy Hamilton Michael Chikuzen Gould John Paul Jones Tool Patricia Arquette Jethro Tull Yoshinobu Taniguchi Nico David Bowie Syd Barrett The Clam O1C Performances: Edmund Welles Bass Clarinet Quartet Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet |
