◇ image via WikipediaJohn Renbourn
John Renbourn is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Stefan Grossman, Jackson C. Frank, Turlough O'Carolan, Dave Swarbrick and Josh White. Those roots explain a lot about how John Renbourn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bert Jansch, The Pentangle, Ralph McTell, Nick Drake and Fred Neil, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Danny Thompson, Terry Cox, Stefan Grossman, John Paul Jones and Roy Harper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around John Renbourn, reaching back through Stefan Grossman and forward to Danny Thompson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Renbourn connections
John Renbourn grew out of Stefan Grossman, Jackson C. Frank, Turlough O'Carolan and Dave Swarbrick, shares an orbit with Bert Jansch, The Pentangle, Ralph McTell and Nick Drake, went on to shape Danny Thompson, Terry Cox, Stefan Grossman and John Paul Jones. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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