◇ image via WikipediaJimmy Martin
Jimmy Martin is a Country act. Their sound grew out of The Osborne Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Martin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dillards, John Hartford, Ricky Skaggs and Sam Bush, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Crooked Still, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Lester Flatt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Jimmy Martin, reaching back through The Osborne Brothers and forward to Crooked Still. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Henry Martin was an American bluegrass singer and musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".
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Jimmy Martin connections
Jimmy Martin grew out of The Osborne Brothers, shares an orbit with The Dillards, John Hartford, Ricky Skaggs and Sam Bush, went on to shape Crooked Still, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Lester Flatt. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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