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John Michael Montgomery

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CountryFunk

John Michael Montgomery is a Country and Funk act. Their sound grew out of Whitey Shafer, Colt Ford and Garth Brooks. Those roots explain a lot about how John Michael Montgomery arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clay Walker, Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw, Sawyer Brown and Randy Travis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into All-4-One, Montgomery Gentry and Boyzone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around John Michael Montgomery, reaching back through Whitey Shafer and forward to All-4-One. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
John Michael MontgomeryWhitey ShaferColt FordGarth BrooksAll-4-OneMontgomery GentryBoyzoneClay WalkerTracy LawrenceTim McGrawSawyer BrownRandy TravisToby KeithGeorge StraitAlan Jackson

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John Michael Montgomery connections

John Michael Montgomery grew out of Whitey Shafer, Colt Ford and Garth Brooks, shares an orbit with Clay Walker, Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw and Sawyer Brown, went on to shape All-4-One, Montgomery Gentry and Boyzone. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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