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Eric Johnson

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Eric Johnson is a Blues and Country act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Crossroads Guitar Festival, Steve Vai, Anton Fig, Wes Montgomery and Billy Gibbons. Those roots explain a lot about how Eric Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore, Jeff Beck and Marty Friedman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mk.gee, Big Wreck, Steve Morse, Dweezil Zappa and Andy McKee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Eric Johnson, reaching back through Crossroads Guitar Festival and forward to Mk.gee. 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
Eric JohnsonCrossroads Guitar Fe…Steve VaiAnton FigWes MontgomeryBilly GibbonsJerry ReedMartin BarreJimmie VaughanMk.geeBig WreckSteve MorseDweezil ZappaAndy McKeeRoll the BonesTrey GunnJoe SatrianiPaul GilbertVinnie MooreJeff BeckMarty FriedmanSteve LukatherRobin TrowerTommy Emmanuel

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Eric Johnson connections

Eric Johnson grew out of Crossroads Guitar Festival, Steve Vai, Anton Fig and Wes Montgomery, shares an orbit with Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and Jeff Beck, went on to shape Mk.gee, Big Wreck, Steve Morse and Dweezil Zappa. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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