Although he listened to some country music, especially that of George Jones, Brooks was most fond of rock music, citing James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, and Townes Van Zandt as major influences.

* 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American musician

The album, originally titled To Nancy, with Love, featured rock performers such as Calexico, Sonic Youth, U2, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Steven Van Zandt, Jon Spencer, and Pete Yorn, who all cited Sinatra as an influence.

Category: Geography of Van Zandt County, Texas

Actor / writers Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore staged their Off-Broadway slapstick comedy Silent Laughter as a live action tribute to the silent screen era.

::* John Van Zandt

* January 1 – Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer ( b. 1944 )

* Liberty Van Zandt, a character from Degrassi: The Next Generation

The next year Khleber M. Van Zandt established Tidball, Van Zandt, and Company, which became Fort Worth National Bank in 1884.

The show stars Steven Van Zandt who plays Giovanni " Johnny " Henriksen, a New York mobster who moves to Lillehammer after being inspired by the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Van Zandt also describes a " lifeless plain " as only immortal beings are allowed to live in Valinor.

* Van Zandt County ( southwest )

Van Zandt County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas.

The county is named for Isaac Van Zandt, a member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas.

Until May 2009, Van Zandt County was a completely dry county.

Van Zandt County is part of the Dallas / Fort Worth DMA.

Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Van Zandt County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.

The only Van Zandt County radio station is KRDH 1510 AM.

Pat Burnett is the Sheriff ( as of December 2007 ) of Van Zandt County.

* Van Zandt County ( southwest )

* Van Zandt County ( east )

* Van Zandt County ( south )

Ginsberg cites Artaud's " Van Gogh -- The Man Suicided by Society " as a direct influence on " Howl ", along with Apollinaire's " Zone ", García Lorca's " Ode to Walt Whitman ", and Schwitters ' " Priimiititiii ".

In Peter Whiffle by Carl Van Vechten, the main character Peter Whiffle cites Gautier as a great influence and writer, among others.

Van Beek continues to maintain that Griaule was wrong and cites other anthropologists who also reject his work.

Sneddon was inspired by his father ’ s record collection of The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison and Elton John, and he cites The Beatles as a big influence.

Van Wagoner cites a letter written by Orson's brother Parley P. Pratt,

Gus Van Sant often cites Tarr as a huge influence on his later work, beginning with Gerry when Van Sant began using very long uninterrupted takes.

They became a staple of college radio in the 1980s, Stephen Malkmus of Pavement cites them as a major influence, and the band's droney 80s output is a direct forerunner of bands such as Yo La Tengo and Camper Van Beethoven.

He cites Mozart, Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads as a huge influence and inspiration on his music.

Sekito cites heavy metal bands Van Halen and Dream Theater and film score composer Jerry Goldsmith as musical influences.

Van Sciver cites Chris Claremont and Jon Bogdanove's Fantastic Four vs. X-Men as a strong influence, telling a group of fans at Comic-Con International, " I'm trying in my own comics to recreate the feeling I got from that four-issue miniseries.

Guitarist and folk singer Dave Van Ronk lived there for many years.

The police, outnumbered by between 500 and 600 people, grabbed several people, including folk singer Dave Van Ronk — who had been attracted to the revolt from a bar two doors away from the Stonewall.

" It was also the first recording by New York folksinger Dave Van Ronk, and featured Sam Charters, author of ' The Country Blues ', and his wife Ann as well as Len Kunstadt, co-owner of the Spivey Records label.

Van Ronk would revisit the genre in 1964 with the album " Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers ," a modern classic, though his ragtime guitar picking and repertoire influenced many subsequent jug bands.

Starting in 1986 when Gladstone took over publishing the title they have also included new stories by American creators Don Rosa, John Lustig, Pat McGreal, Dave Rawson, Michael T. Gilbert and William Van Horn along with translations of European Disney comics by such creators as Daan Jippes, Fred Milton and Romano Scarpa originally published by Oberon, Egmont and Disney Italy / Mondadori.

Van Horn's work is inspired by the American comics artists Dave Stevens and Floyd Gottfredson, but also by his father.

Dave Van Ronk also recorded this song, earlier, on Van Ronk.

performed about 200 concerts a year, appearing with Van Morrison and Them, The Animals, The Dave Clark Five, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Doors, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Moby Grape, and San Jose bands Syndicate of Sound, and Count Five.

In 2005, along with Steve Van Zandt, he organized a benefit for Mike Smith ( formerly of The Dave Clark Five ), who had suffered a paralyzing fall at his home in Spain.

When Carl Reiner appeared on his show, Crane persuaded him to book him for a guest shot on The Dick Van Dyke Show, where he was noticed by Donna Reed, who suggested him for the role of neighbor Dr. Dave Kelsey in her eponymous sitcom from 1963 through 1965.

Much of the success of these teams and the teams that have followed is due to the efforts of Dave Van Horn, who compiled a record of 214-92 while leading Huskers from 1998-2002.

* February 10 – Dave Van Ronk ( 65 )

Many artists, including Alan Price, Van Dyke Parks, Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, the Everly Brothers, Claudine Longet, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Lynn Anderson, Wilson Pickett, Pat Boone and Peggy Lee, covered his songs and " I Think It's Going to Rain Today " became an early standard.

These singer-songwriters included Bob Dylan, Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Tom Rush, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Grace Slick, Dave Mason, Jim Croce, Fred Neil, Roger McGuinn, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Donovan, Stephen Stills, Randy Newman, Steve Goodman, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Brady, Jesse Winchester, Johnny Tillotson, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson, Nick Drake, Tim Hardin, Laura Nyro, Carly Simon, John Fogerty, Eric Andersen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Armatrading, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lou Reed, Gram Parsons, Nick Gravenites, Rick Nelson, Richard Fariña, Tuli Kupferberg Mark Spoelstra, Don Mclean, Patrick Sky, Jimmy Buffett, Mickey Newbury, Janis Ian, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Van Ronk, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, and Frank Zappa.

For the Dave Van Ronk album, see Sweet & Lowdown.

Notable performers include James Booker, Duke Ellington, Kermit Ruffins, King Oliver, Jerry Reed, Artie Shaw, Lead Belly, Big Mama Thornton, Jack Teagarden, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Cassandra Wilson, Stan Kenton, Josh White, Lou Rawls, Bobby Bland, Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, Doc Watson, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Van Ronk, " Spider " John Koerner, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Paul Butterfield, The Animals, The Standells, and more recently The White Stripes, the Stray Cats, the Tarbox Ramblers, Snooks Eaglin, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, and Tom Jones with Jools Holland.

Many notable musicians have recorded John Henry ballads, including: Joe Bonamassa, Furry Lewis, Big Bill Broonzy, Pink Anderson, Fiddlin ' John Carson, Uncle Dave Macon, J. E. Mainer, Leon Bibb, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Gillian Welch, the Drive-By Truckers, Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

In 1975, during the recording sessions for Born to Run, Springsteen-at a loss ( according to author Dave Marsh in the Springsteen biography Born To Run ) for ideas on how to arrange the horn part for " Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out "-called on Van Zandt and his encyclopedic knowledge of soul music for help with the arrangement.