◇ image via WikipediaJim Croce
Jim Croce is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of ABC Records, Jesse Fuller, Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Joan Baez. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim Croce arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, America, Billy Joel and Crosby, Stills & Nash, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mike Mills, Clint Black, Bradley Nowell, Green Carnation and Common Kings, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Jim Croce, reaching back through ABC Records and forward to Mike Mills. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jim Croce connections
Jim Croce grew out of ABC Records, Jesse Fuller, Ian & Sylvia and Gordon Lightfoot, shares an orbit with Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, America and Billy Joel, went on to shape Mike Mills, Clint Black, Bradley Nowell and Green Carnation. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Jim Croce
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- Crosby, Stills & Nashartist
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- Van Morrisonartist
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- Breadartist
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- Stealers Wheelartist
- Pete Seegerartist
- Joan Baezartist
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