◇ image via WikipediaAndy McKee
Andy McKee is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Metallica, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Michael Hedges and Dream Theater. Those roots explain a lot about how Andy McKee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Hedges, Tommy Emmanuel, Joe Satriani, The John Butler Trio and Paul Gilbert, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tal Wilkenfeld, Prince, Mike Stern, Antoine Dufour and Josh Groban, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Andy McKee, reaching back through Metallica and forward to Tal Wilkenfeld. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Andy McKee grew out of Metallica, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani and Michael Hedges, shares an orbit with Michael Hedges, Tommy Emmanuel, Joe Satriani and The John Butler Trio, went on to shape Tal Wilkenfeld, Prince, Mike Stern and Antoine Dufour. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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