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Lonestar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Marc Cohn, Pure Prairie League and Big & Rich. Those roots explain a lot about how Lonestar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Michael Montgomery, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Phil Vassar and Clay Walker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big & Rich, Clay Walker, Billy Dean, Sara Evans and Mindy McCready, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Lonestar, reaching back through Kenny Rogers and forward to Big & Rich. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lonestar is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack, Michael Britt, Dean Sams, and Keech Rainwater (drums). Both Britt and Rainwater formerly recorded in the band Canyon. Britt, Sams, and Rainwater co-founded Lonestar in 1992 with original lead vocalist Richie McDonald and bass guitarist John Rich. Rich was fired from the band in 1998 and went on to join Big Kenny as one-half of the duo Big & Rich. Since his departure, Lonestar has relied alternatingly on session and touring musicians for bass guitar accompaniment. McDonald quit the band in 2007 to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by former McAlyster vocalist Cody Collins before returning in 2011. After McDonald quit a second time in 2021 to join the Frontmen, he was replaced by Womack, formerly the lead singer of Sons of the Desert.
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Lonestar connections
Lonestar grew out of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Marc Cohn and Pure Prairie League, shares an orbit with John Michael Montgomery, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and Phil Vassar, went on to shape Big & Rich, Clay Walker, Billy Dean and Sara Evans. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Lonestar
Sounds and acts that shaped Lonestar.
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