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Dave Alvin is a Americana and Blues act. Their catalogue also touches Folk, Psychedelic rock and Punk rock. Their sound grew out of Johnny Ace, Big Joe Turner and Big Bill Broonzy. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Alvin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, The Bottle Rockets, Eilen Jewell and Gretchen Peters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Gun Club, Los Lobos, Exene Cervenka and Little Milton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Dave Alvin, reaching back through Johnny Ace and forward to Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dave Alvin connections
Dave Alvin grew out of Johnny Ace, Big Joe Turner and Big Bill Broonzy, shares an orbit with Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, The Bottle Rockets and Eilen Jewell, went on to shape Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Gun Club, Los Lobos and Exene Cervenka. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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