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Hank Thompson

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Hank Thompson is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb and Joe Diffie. Those roots explain a lot about how Hank Thompson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Buck Owens, Bob Wills, Johnny Paycheck, Kitty Wells and Bill Anderson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wayne Hancock, Doug Sahm, Jean Shepard, George Strait and Wanda Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Hank Thompson, reaching back through Bob Wills and forward to Wayne Hancock. 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
Hank ThompsonBob WillsErnest TubbJoe DiffieWayne HancockDoug SahmJean ShepardGeorge StraitWanda JacksonKitty WellsMaria MuldaurNow, There Was a Song!Buck OwensBob WillsJohnny PaycheckKitty WellsBill AndersonAsleep at the WheelBobby BareJohnny Horton

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Hank Thompson connections

Hank Thompson grew out of Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb and Joe Diffie, shares an orbit with Buck Owens, Bob Wills, Johnny Paycheck and Kitty Wells, went on to shape Wayne Hancock, Doug Sahm, Jean Shepard and George Strait. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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