◇ image via WikipediaHank Thompson
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, Bill Anderson, Asleep at the Wheel and Roger Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wayne Hancock, Wanda Jackson, Now, There Was a Song!, Doug Sahm and Jean Shepard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 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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Hank Thompson connections
Hank Thompson grew out of Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb and Joe Diffie, shares an orbit with Buck Owens, Bob Wills, Bill Anderson and Asleep at the Wheel, went on to shape Wayne Hancock, Wanda Jackson, Now, There Was a Song! and Doug Sahm. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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