Keith Urban
In a very casual John Lennon "Love Is Real" T-shirt, sitting somewhere in front of a computer in Nashville for a web chat
with fans,
Keith Urban came clean about everything from how he plays the
piano (like a guitar), to the guitars he had that were damaged in the flood (50-plus), to the guy he'd most love to jam with
someday (
Don Williams), to the way he likes to play music in a loose way
(texture without the technique, he called it). But the best was when he took the time to list his vast array of musical influences.
This is not a complete list, but he mentioned Supertramp, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Dr. Hook, Jackson Browne and the
Eagles. But mostly,
John
Mellencamp. He specifically said Mellencamp's 1987
Lonesome Jubilee album was kind of an epiphany for him. He also
played a bit of his upcoming single, "Put You in a Song," which was about "a guy who wishes he could be a man someday." He
even played a bit of "San Antonio Stroll," so I hope
Tanya Tucker was
listening.
