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Kenny Chesney

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Country

Kenny Chesney is a Country act. Their sound grew out of David Nail, Hank Williams, Clint Black, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith. Those roots explain a lot about how Kenny Chesney arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Toby Keith and Zac Brown Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Confederate Railroad, Shay, Montgomery Gentry, Jake Owen and Chase Rice, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Kenny Chesney, reaching back through David Nail and forward to Confederate Railroad. 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
Kenny ChesneyDavid NailHank WilliamsClint BlackAlan JacksonToby KeithGeorge StraitTracy LawrenceReba McEntireConfederate RailroadShayMontgomery GentryJake OwenChase RiceTracy LawrenceRascal FlattsTim McGrawDierks BentleyEric ChurchToby KeithZac Brown BandBlake SheltonCole SwindellCraig Morgan

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Kenny Chesney connections

Kenny Chesney grew out of David Nail, Hank Williams, Clint Black and Alan Jackson, shares an orbit with Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church and Toby Keith, went on to shape Confederate Railroad, Shay, Montgomery Gentry and Jake Owen. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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