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Michael Hurley

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Michael Hurley is a Blues and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Leadbelly and Marisa Anderson. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Hurley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karen Dalton, Connie Converse, Fred Neil, Loudon Wainwright III and Jerry Jeff Walker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cass McCombs, Calexico, Cat Power, Marisa Anderson and Son Volt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Michael Hurley, reaching back through Leadbelly and forward to Cass McCombs. 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
Michael HurleyLeadbellyMarisa AndersonCass McCombsCalexicoCat PowerMarisa AndersonSon VoltLucinda WilliamsVic ChesnuttWoodsKaren DaltonConnie ConverseFred NeilLoudon Wainwright IIIJerry Jeff WalkerJake Xerxes FussellPalace MusicBonnie 'Prince' Billy

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Michael Hurley connections

Michael Hurley grew out of Leadbelly and Marisa Anderson, shares an orbit with Karen Dalton, Connie Converse, Fred Neil and Loudon Wainwright III, went on to shape Cass McCombs, Calexico, Cat Power and Marisa Anderson. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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