John Nugent

As I was beginning to learn how to sing and play, I gravitated toward the guitar gunslingers – Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore. But soon I discovered other guitar legends, with rather diverse playing styles (and with fewer “ee” sounds in their first names) – Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, and others, as I formed my own technique and expanded my vowel count. And singers who also inspired me: Billy Joel, Steve Miller, Ronnie Van Zandt, many more…