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a3 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Happy Mondays, Jerry Reed, The Proclaimers and Hank Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how a3 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alabama 3, Paul Cauthen, Jimmie Rodgers, Turnpike Troubadours and Charlie Daniels Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around a3, reaching back through Happy Mondays and forward to Nas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Alabama 3 is a British musical group founded in Brixton, London, in 1995. Their track "Woke Up This Morning" was used for the opening credits of the TV series The Sopranos. In the United States, the band is known as A3, to avoid legal conflict with the country music band Alabama.
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a3 connections
a3 grew out of Happy Mondays, Jerry Reed, The Proclaimers and Hank Williams, shares an orbit with Alabama 3, Paul Cauthen, Jimmie Rodgers and Turnpike Troubadours, went on to shape Nas. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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