◇ image via WikipediaLeo Kottke
Leo Kottke is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Tom T. Hall and moe.. Those roots explain a lot about how Leo Kottke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Hedges, Josh Ritter, Jackson C. Frank, Loudon Wainwright III and Tommy Emmanuel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Antoine Dufour, Haley Heynderickx, Cat Stevens, Lyle Lovett and Xavier Rudd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Leo Kottke, reaching back through Mississippi John Hurt and forward to Antoine Dufour. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Leo Kottke connections
Leo Kottke grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, Robbie Basho, John Fahey and Tom T. Hall, shares an orbit with Michael Hedges, Josh Ritter, Jackson C. Frank and Loudon Wainwright III, went on to shape Antoine Dufour, Haley Heynderickx, Cat Stevens and Lyle Lovett. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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