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Confederate Railroad is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Waylon Jennings, Kenny Chesney, David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck. Those roots explain a lot about how Confederate Railroad arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mark Chesnutt, Sawyer Brown, Mel McDaniel, John Anderson and Tracy Lawrence, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Ray Cyrus, John Schneider and The Outlaws, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Confederate Railroad, reaching back through Waylon Jennings and forward to Billy Ray Cyrus. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Confederate Railroad is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley, Michael Lamb, Mark Dufresne (drums), Chris McDaniel (keyboards), Warren "Gates" Nichols, and Wayne Secrest. After serving as a backing band for outlaw country acts David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck, the band signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing their self-titled debut album that year. The band's debut album is certified as double platinum and their second album (Notorious) has also had platinum level sales. They have also had 18 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
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Confederate Railroad connections
Confederate Railroad grew out of Waylon Jennings, Kenny Chesney, David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck, shares an orbit with Mark Chesnutt, Sawyer Brown, Mel McDaniel and John Anderson, went on to shape Billy Ray Cyrus, John Schneider and The Outlaws. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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