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Jean Shepard is a Country and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Patsy Cline, Ferlin Husky, Goldie Hill, Bill Anderson and Hank Thompson. Those roots explain a lot about how Jean Shepard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kitty Wells, Dave Dudley, Bill Anderson, Dottie West and Bobby Bare, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Connie Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Jean Shepard, reaching back through Patsy Cline and forward to Loretta Lynn. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jean Shepard connections
Jean Shepard grew out of Patsy Cline, Ferlin Husky, Goldie Hill and Bill Anderson, shares an orbit with Kitty Wells, Dave Dudley, Bill Anderson and Dottie West, went on to shape Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Connie Smith. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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