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Photo by Scott Stimeare Plant, but I don’t sound like Plant when I sing. It’s funny because most people probably don’t hear the influence in my music but a singer that I wish I could sound like is Lou Gramm of Foreigner. I wish I could sound like that. “Then, of course, there’s the guitar side too,” he continued. “When I was a kid listening to pop radio I liked the guitar songs a lot better but it wasn’t until I was in 8th grade when I heard ‘Heartbreaker’ by Led Zeppelin for the first time. I don’t think any song has ever blown me away as much as that song. Every time I hear it, I get the same feeling. I became a huge Jimmy Page fan. Some peoSpringsteen’s. He is, however, a dead ringer for Glenn Tilbrook of ple hear that in my music, some don’t, but I think I have a lot of Squeeze. “When my voice was just devel- Jimmy Page influence.” If these influences don’t sound oping as far as becoming a lead like your typical singer-songwriter singer, I tried to sing like John it’s because Don Lee isn’t a typical Lennon and Paul McCartney,” singer-songwriter. His full bandrecalled Lee. “I tried to imitate like sound stands out in the coftheir voices but for some reason I sound a lot more like Tilbrook. I fee houses he frequently plays. actually want to sound like Robert Red Headed Boogie Child often Advertise here for $25 - $100 call 732-280-7625 pg 111