◇ image via WikipediaMerle Travis
Merle Travis is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Blind Blake and Jimmy Wakely. Those roots explain a lot about how Merle Travis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tex Ritter, Dolly Parton, Hank Thompson, Tammy Wynette and Bob Wills, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Luther Perkins, Grandpa Jones, Chet Atkins, Earl Hooker and Lonnie Mack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Merle Travis, reaching back through Blind Blake and forward to Luther Perkins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Merle Travis connections
Merle Travis grew out of Blind Blake and Jimmy Wakely, shares an orbit with Tex Ritter, Dolly Parton, Hank Thompson and Tammy Wynette, went on to shape Luther Perkins, Grandpa Jones, Chet Atkins and Earl Hooker. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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