◇ image via WikipediaJimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Smiley Burnette, Gene Autry and Eddie Dean. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Wakely arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tex Ritter, Wayne Hancock, Hank Thompson, Jimmie Rodgers and Kitty Wells, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Bond, Mary Ford, Margaret Whiting, Tex Williams and Merle Travis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Jimmy Wakely, reaching back through Smiley Burnette and forward to Johnny Bond. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jimmy Wakely connections
Jimmy Wakely grew out of Smiley Burnette, Gene Autry and Eddie Dean, shares an orbit with Tex Ritter, Wayne Hancock, Hank Thompson and Jimmie Rodgers, went on to shape Johnny Bond, Mary Ford, Margaret Whiting and Tex Williams. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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