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Blues Traveler is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fish, 3OH!3, Plain White T's, Phish and moe.. Those roots explain a lot about how Blues Traveler arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gin Blossoms, Dave Matthews Band, Hootie & The Blowfish, Better Than Ezra and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Matthews Band, Spin Doctors, Phish, Prince and Wilco, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Blues Traveler, reaching back through Fish and forward to Dave Matthews Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1987. The group is known for creative segues during live performances and pioneering the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.
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Blues Traveler connections
Blues Traveler grew out of Fish, 3OH!3, Plain White T's and Phish, shares an orbit with Gin Blossoms, Dave Matthews Band, Hootie & The Blowfish and Better Than Ezra, went on to shape Dave Matthews Band, Spin Doctors, Phish and Prince. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Blues Traveler
Sounds and acts that shaped Blues Traveler.
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