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Blitzen Trapper is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Grateful Dead, Futurebirds, Beck, Willie Nelson and Rogue Wave. Those roots explain a lot about how Blitzen Trapper arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dawes, Josh Ritter, Califone, Blind Pilot and Ray LaMontagne, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fleet Foxes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Blitzen Trapper, reaching back through Grateful Dead and forward to Fleet Foxes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/folk/rock band associated with Sub Pop Records, Vagrant Records, Lojinx, and Yep Roc. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a quartet, with Eric Earley (guitar/harmonica/vocals/keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums/vocals/harmonica/guitar), Michael Elson (bass/keyboard), and Nathan Vanderpool (guitar/vocals); at some shows, Michael Blake fills in for Vanderpool. Blitzen Trapper self-released its first three albums. "Wild Mountain Nation" was No. 98 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
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Blitzen Trapper connections
Blitzen Trapper grew out of Grateful Dead, Futurebirds, Beck and Willie Nelson, shares an orbit with Dawes, Josh Ritter, Califone and Blind Pilot, went on to shape Fleet Foxes. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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