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Johnny Horton

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Country

Johnny Horton is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Merle Kilgore and Elvis Presley. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Horton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Miller, Bobby Bare, The Statler Brothers, Hank Thompson and Conway Twitty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Reggie Young, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dwight Yoakam and Johnny Cash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Johnny Horton, reaching back through Merle Kilgore and forward to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 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
Johnny HortonMerle KilgoreElvis PresleyNitty Gritty Dirt BandReggie YoungThe Nitty Gritty Dir…Dwight YoakamJohnny CashEight Days a WeekRoger MillerBobby BareThe Statler BrothersHank ThompsonConway TwittyJimmie RodgersDave DudleyJohnny Paycheck

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Johnny Horton connections

Johnny Horton grew out of Merle Kilgore and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Roger Miller, Bobby Bare, The Statler Brothers and Hank Thompson, went on to shape Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Reggie Young, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Dwight Yoakam. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Johnny Horton

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Sounds and acts that shaped Johnny Horton.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Johnny Horton.

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