◇ image via WikipediaKelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Fred McDowell, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Those roots explain a lot about how Kelly Joe Phelps arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Susan Tedeschi, Keb' Mo', Otis Taylor, Robert Cray and Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gregory Alan Isakov and Townes Van Zandt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Kelly Joe Phelps, reaching back through Fred McDowell and forward to Gregory Alan Isakov. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kelly Joe Phelps connections
Kelly Joe Phelps grew out of Fred McDowell, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, shares an orbit with Susan Tedeschi, Keb' Mo', Otis Taylor and Robert Cray, went on to shape Gregory Alan Isakov and Townes Van Zandt. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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