◇ image via WikipediaDave Matthews
Dave Matthews is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Daniel Lanois, Branford Marsalis, Xavier Rudd, Mt. Joy and Jesse Welles. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Matthews arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R., Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Jack Johnson and Hootie & The Blowfish, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phillip Phillips, Nickel Creek, Vieux Farka Touré, Charlie Sexton and John Mayer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Dave Matthews, reaching back through Daniel Lanois and forward to Phillip Phillips. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dave Matthews connections
Dave Matthews grew out of Daniel Lanois, Branford Marsalis, Xavier Rudd and Mt. Joy, shares an orbit with Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R., Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals and Jack Johnson, went on to shape Phillip Phillips, Nickel Creek, Vieux Farka Touré and Charlie Sexton. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Dave Matthews
Sounds and acts that shaped Dave Matthews.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Dave Matthews.
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