'Idol' Winner Lee DeWyze's Secret Influences

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With an all-star list of producers and songwriters opening their door to Lee DeWyze since his improbable American Idol victory, the low-key Chicago rocker surprised Rolling Stone when he told us that one of the artists he most wants to collaborate with is Sufjan Stevens, who like DeWyze hails from Illinois. As the new AI champ tells RS, Stevens' 2005 disc Illinois — part-Land of Lincoln travelogue, part-historical concept album and all-around impressive LP — provided endless inspiration when he first heard it a couple years ago.

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[wordnerdsrock]

MAMASOX is a PEARL JAM fan!! SCORE!!

[hiyubin2901]

@NiceView23 The beautiful people. Lee did a huge change to it. some Manson fans hate it. but I personally love it! :D

[NiceView23]

what marilyn manson song did lee cover???

[oldhacks]

see? this is what makes you LAME! you're actually interviewing a fucking GAME SHOW WINNER!!! wtf WAKE UP rolling stone before it's too late and you beomce COMPLETELY irrelevant

[lovereign199]

omg pearl jam <3