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Brett Dennen

Folk
Folk

Brett Dennen is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Tom Petty, Guster, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Citizen Cope and Meiko. Those roots explain a lot about how Brett Dennen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ray LaMontagne, Donavon Frankenreiter, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson and The Civil Wars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Daryl Hall and Femi Kuti, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Brett Dennen, reaching back through Tom Petty and forward to John Mayer. 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
Brett DennenTom PettyGusterAnimal Liberation Or…Citizen CopeMeikoNeil YoungJohn DenverJoni MitchellJohn MayerJason MrazDaryl HallFemi KutiRay LaMontagneDonavon FrankenreiterIron & WineJack JohnsonThe Civil WarsHowie DayBlind PilotGreg Laswell

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Brett Dennen connections

Brett Dennen grew out of Tom Petty, Guster, Animal Liberation Orchestra and Citizen Cope, shares an orbit with Ray LaMontagne, Donavon Frankenreiter, Iron & Wine and Jack Johnson, went on to shape John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Daryl Hall and Femi Kuti. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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