◇ image via WikipediaChris Hillman
Chris Hillman is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Mansfield, Al Perkins, Jackie DeShannon and The New Christy Minstrels. Those roots explain a lot about how Chris Hillman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pure Prairie League, Manassas, Gordon Lightfoot, Rodney Crowell and The Stills-Young Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bernie Leadon, Tony Rice and J. D. Souther, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Chris Hillman, reaching back through Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and forward to Bernie Leadon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Chris Hillman connections
Chris Hillman grew out of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Mansfield, Al Perkins and Jackie DeShannon, shares an orbit with Pure Prairie League, Manassas, Gordon Lightfoot and Rodney Crowell, went on to shape Bernie Leadon, Tony Rice and J. D. Souther. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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