abil ly - pop ▁singles ▁for ▁different ▁labels ▁as ▁a ▁solo ▁artist . ▁He ▁wrote ▁songs ▁that ▁were ▁taken ▁by ▁early ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Bud dy ▁Hol ly ▁(" Come ▁Back ▁Baby " ▁ 1 9 5 8 ) ▁and ▁Roy ▁Or b ison ▁(" C andy ▁Man " ▁ 1 9 6 1 ). ▁ ▁With ▁his ▁ 1 2 ▁string ▁guitar ▁and ▁spect ac ular ly ▁deep ▁bar it one ▁voice , ▁Neil ▁was ▁considered ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁Mac D oug al ▁Street / ▁Green wich ▁Village ▁ ▁fol ks ingers . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁do z ens ▁of ▁other ▁artists ▁including ▁Tim ▁Buck ley ,[ 1 6 ] ▁Stephen ▁St ills ,[ 1 7 ] ▁David ▁C ros by ▁and ▁J oni ▁Mitchell . ▁His ▁most ▁frequently ▁c ited ▁dis ci ples ▁are ▁Kar en ▁Dal ton , ▁Tim ▁Hard in , ▁D ino ▁Val enti , ▁V ince ▁Martin , ▁Peter ▁St amp fel ▁of ▁the ▁avant - folk ▁ensemble ▁the ▁Holy ▁Mod al ▁Round ers , ▁John ▁Sebastian ▁( the ▁Lov in ' ▁Spo on ful ), [ 1 7 ] ▁Gram ▁Par s ons ,[ 1 8 ] ▁Jerry ▁Jeff ▁Walker , ▁Barry ▁Mc Gu ire ,[ 1 7 ] ▁and ▁Paul ▁Kant ner ▁( J eff erson ▁Air plane ). ▁ ▁When ▁Bob ▁D yl an ▁came ▁to ▁New ▁York , ▁his ▁first ▁gig ▁was ▁playing ▁backup ▁harm onica ▁for ▁Fred ▁Neil . ▁▁ ▁Neil ▁met ▁V ince ▁Martin