◇ image via WikipediaJesse Welles
Jesse Welles is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how Jesse Welles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Caamp, Frank Turner and The Mountain Goats, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Margo Price, Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, Royal Blood and Dave Matthews, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Jesse Welles, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Margo Price. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jesse Allen Breckenridge Wells, known professionally as Jesse Welles, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He released his debut studio album, Red Trees and White Trashes, in 2018. Welles previously performed under the name Jeh Sea Wells and was also the frontman of the bands Dead Indian, formed in 2012, and Cosmic-American, formed in 2015. He was also the frontman for the band Welles.
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Jesse Welles connections
Jesse Welles grew out of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Nirvana, shares an orbit with Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Caamp and Frank Turner, went on to shape Margo Price, Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons and Royal Blood. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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