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Alabama 3 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Love Will Tear Us Apart, Jerry Reed, The Proclaimers, Jim Jones and Hank Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how Alabama 3 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as a3, R.L. Burnside, Gomez, Steve Earle and Death in Vegas, 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 29 connections around Alabama 3, reaching back through Love Will Tear Us Apart 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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Alabama 3 connections
Alabama 3 grew out of Love Will Tear Us Apart, Jerry Reed, The Proclaimers and Jim Jones, shares an orbit with a3, R.L. Burnside, Gomez and Steve Earle, went on to shape Nas. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Alabama 3
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