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Chris Whitley

Blues
Blues

Chris Whitley is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Chris Whitley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alabama 3, John Lee Hooker, The Derek Trucks Band, Mark Lanegan and Robert Cray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Mellencamp, Bruce Hornsby, Tom Petty, Myles Kennedy and Don Henley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Chris Whitley, reaching back through Creedence Clearwater Revival and forward to John Mellencamp. 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
Chris WhitleyCreedence Clearwater…Muddy WatersHowlin' WolfBob DylanJimi HendrixChet BakerSonic YouthRobert JohnsonJohn MellencampBruce HornsbyTom PettyMyles KennedyDon HenleyIggy PopAlanis MorissetteGavin DeGrawAlabama 3John Lee HookerThe Derek Trucks BandMark LaneganRobert CrayVan MorrisonSeasick SteveJohn Mayall & The Bl…

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Chris Whitley connections

Chris Whitley grew out of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Alabama 3, John Lee Hooker, The Derek Trucks Band and Mark Lanegan, went on to shape John Mellencamp, Bruce Hornsby, Tom Petty and Myles Kennedy. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Chris Whitley

Roots19

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