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Eric Johnson is a Blues and Country act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Steve Vai, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Wes Montgomery, Billy Gibbons and Jerry Reed. Those roots explain a lot about how Eric Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and Jeff Beck, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Wreck, Steve Morse, Dweezil Zappa, Andy McKee and Roll the Bones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Eric Johnson, reaching back through Steve Vai and forward to Big Wreck. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Eric Johnson connections
Eric Johnson grew out of Steve Vai, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Wes Montgomery and Billy Gibbons, shares an orbit with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Vinnie Moore, went on to shape Big Wreck, Steve Morse, Dweezil Zappa and Andy McKee. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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