1. The Band, all their albums but especially The Last Waltz
2. Dr. Dog, albums Fate and Shame, Shame
3. How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn
4. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
5. Singing with Megan Smith of Misner & Smith
6. Bass Lake in Point Reyes National Seashore
7. True Stories, The Talking Heads
8. Woody Guthrie^W
9. Shakespeare^W
10. In My Craft Or Sullen Art, Dylan Thomas^W

Read a little more about Sam Misner (the silly way I came to know him) in the Magpie Blog!