◇ 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 Roger Miller, Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette, The Statler Brothers and Dave Dudley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into JJ Grey & Mofro, R. Stevie Moore, Janis Martin, Elton John and Dottie West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Jim Reeves, reaching back through Deborah Allen and forward to JJ Grey & Mofro. 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 Roger Miller, Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette and The Statler Brothers, went on to shape JJ Grey & Mofro, R. Stevie Moore, Janis Martin and Elton John. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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