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Bridget St John

Folk
Folk

Bridget St John is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Tia Blake, Kevin Ayers, John Martyn, Michael Chapman and Joni Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how Bridget St John arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Linda Perhacs, Judee Sill, Karen Dalton, Mark Fry and Tia Blake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Bowie, Paul Simon, Kevin Ayers, Colleen and Pip Pyle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Bridget St John, reaching back through Tia Blake and forward to David Bowie. 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
Bridget St JohnTia BlakeKevin AyersJohn MartynMichael ChapmanJoni MitchellDavid BowiePaul SimonKevin AyersColleenPip PyleNick DrakeLinda PerhacsJudee SillKaren DaltonMark FryTia BlakeBert JanschConnie ConverseJoan Baez

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Bridget St John grew out of Tia Blake, Kevin Ayers, John Martyn and Michael Chapman, shares an orbit with Linda Perhacs, Judee Sill, Karen Dalton and Mark Fry, went on to shape David Bowie, Paul Simon, Kevin Ayers and Colleen. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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