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Guy Clark

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Guy Clark is a Americana and Country act. Their sound grew out of Restless Heart, Mickey Newbury and Townes Van Zandt. Those roots explain a lot about how Guy Clark arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rodney Crowell and John Hartford, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Todd Snider, Jerry Jeff Walker, K.T. Oslin, Brian Jones and Dashboard Confessional, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Guy Clark, reaching back through Restless Heart and forward to Todd Snider. 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
Guy ClarkRestless HeartMickey NewburyTownes Van ZandtTodd SniderJerry Jeff WalkerK.T. OslinBrian JonesDashboard ConfessionalSteve EarleVince GillNicolette LarsonRodney CrowellJohn Hartford

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Guy Clark connections

Guy Clark grew out of Restless Heart, Mickey Newbury and Townes Van Zandt, shares an orbit with Rodney Crowell and John Hartford, went on to shape Todd Snider, Jerry Jeff Walker, K.T. Oslin and Brian Jones. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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