Albums that influenced me.

I see a bit of a difference between "albums that influenced me" vs. "favorite albums." I hope to post a few discussions of my distinctions.

INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS are the records I desire to emulate in one way or another, such as: 

• The Cars' Panorama
  
• Eric Clapton's Pilgrim
  
• Big Sugar's Heated
  
• Lyle Lovett's The Road to Ensenada
  
• LSU's Cash In Chaos World Tour
  

FAVORITE ALBUMS are the records I like to listen to, even if I don't think I'd ever bother to try to emulate any aspect of them. These include:

• Les Claypool and the Frog Brigade's Purple Onion
  
• Lifesavers' Huntington Beach
  
• Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy
  
• Peter Gabriel's So
  
• The Complete Jimmie Rodgers.
  

Writing about music has never been my forté, but I'd like to share a little about why all these records, and more, are so important to me. They may not necessarily be the best records from each of these artists, but I think they're important.