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Brother Dege is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Brother Dege arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jamie N Commons, Seasick Steve, Otis Taylor, Justin Johnson and Dorothy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gary Clark Jr. and The Black Keys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Brother Dege, reaching back through Tom Waits and forward to Gary Clark Jr.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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David John Legg, known professionally as Brother Dege and Dege Legg was a United States singer, songwriter, and musician of country, rock and blues.
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Brother Dege connections
Brother Dege grew out of Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, shares an orbit with Jamie N Commons, Seasick Steve, Otis Taylor and Justin Johnson, went on to shape Gary Clark Jr. and The Black Keys. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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