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Bob Weir

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Bob Weir is a Blues and Country act. Their catalogue also touches Folk and Psychedelic rock. Their sound grew out of McCoy Tyner, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Phil Lesh, Bruce Hornsby and Igor Stravinsky. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob Weir arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jerry Garcia Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Hot Tuna, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Manfred Mann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jackie Greene and The National, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Bob Weir, reaching back through McCoy Tyner and forward to Jackie Greene. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bob WeirMcCoy TynerRamblin' Jack ElliottPhil LeshBruce HornsbyIgor StravinskyJohn ColtraneRev. Gary DavisMerl SaundersJackie GreeneThe NationalJerry Garcia BandThe Allman Brothers …Hot TunaTedeschi Trucks BandManfred MannTrafficDave MasonBlind Faith

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Bob Weir connections

Bob Weir grew out of McCoy Tyner, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Phil Lesh and Bruce Hornsby, shares an orbit with Jerry Garcia Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Hot Tuna and Tedeschi Trucks Band, went on to shape Jackie Greene and The National. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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