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Fred Neil

Blues
Blues

Fred Neil is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose and Ray Charles. Those roots explain a lot about how Fred Neil arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch, Tim Hardin, Karen Dalton and Jackson C. Frank, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bless Its Pointed Little Head, Chet Powers, Tim Rose, Vanessa Carlton and Z'EV, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Fred Neil, reaching back through Bonnie Dobson and forward to Bless Its Pointed Little Head. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material, particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Fred NeilBonnie DobsonTim RoseRay CharlesBless Its Pointed Li…Chet PowersTim RoseVanessa CarltonZ'EVTim HardinEric AndersenThe Beautiful SouthTim BuckleyBert JanschTim HardinKaren DaltonJackson C. FrankFairport ConventionBuffalo SpringfieldRamblin' Jack Elliott

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Fred Neil connections

Fred Neil grew out of Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch, Tim Hardin and Karen Dalton, went on to shape Bless Its Pointed Little Head, Chet Powers, Tim Rose and Vanessa Carlton. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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