Paul Nelson, mostly solo. I played with Lesson's End (Curtis Edwards and Lisa Tyler) from 1998 - 2001 ("Santa Fe" is a Lesson's End song)
Influences
Peter Gabriel, The Waterboys, P-Funk and anyone associated (Bootsy, Maceo,etc), Suzuki Violin, Beatles, Jamiroquai, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, NIN, Erik B and Rakim, De La Soul, and about a hundred others.