◇ image via WikipediaLove and Theft
Love and Theft is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Taylor Swift, Michael McDonald, Lady Antebellum and Eric Paslay. Those roots explain a lot about how Love and Theft arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as David Nail, Thompson Square, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Martina McBride, Before You Exit and Hey Stephen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Love and Theft, reaching back through Taylor Swift and forward to Martina McBride. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Love and Theft is an American country music duo consisting of vocalists Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles. They originally recorded as a trio with vocalist Brian Bandas; after he exited the band, Gunderson and Liles continued as a duo. Signed to Lyric Street Records subsidiary Carolwood Records in 2009, Love and Theft made their chart debut in early 2009 with the single "Runaway," which reached the Top 10 on Billboard Hot Country Songs. The band's debut album, World Wide Open, was released on August 25, 2009.
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Love and Theft connections
Love and Theft grew out of Taylor Swift, Michael McDonald, Lady Antebellum and Eric Paslay, shares an orbit with David Nail, Thompson Square, Dierks Bentley and Tim McGraw, went on to shape Martina McBride, Before You Exit and Hey Stephen. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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