◇ image via WikipediaJim Reeves
Jim Reeves is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Deborah Allen, Cindy Walker, Chet Atkins, Jimmie Rodgers and Bing Crosby. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim Reeves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Bare, Patti Page, Johnny Horton, Jimmie Rodgers and Roger Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into R. Stevie Moore, JJ Grey & Mofro, Janis Martin, Elton John and Dottie West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Jim Reeves, reaching back through Deborah Allen and forward to R. Stevie Moore. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jim Reeves connections
Jim Reeves grew out of Deborah Allen, Cindy Walker, Chet Atkins and Jimmie Rodgers, shares an orbit with Bobby Bare, Patti Page, Johnny Horton and Jimmie Rodgers, went on to shape R. Stevie Moore, JJ Grey & Mofro, Janis Martin and Elton John. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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