◇ image via WikipediaMichael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Jonathan Edwards, Holly Dunn, Marty Robbins, Hank Williams and Bob Wills. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Martin Murphey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dan Seals, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Lee, Chris LeDoux and Conway Twitty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Holly Dunn, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels, Don Edwards and Jerry Jeff Walker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Michael Martin Murphey, reaching back through Jonathan Edwards and forward to Holly Dunn. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Michael Martin Murphey connections
Michael Martin Murphey grew out of Jonathan Edwards, Holly Dunn, Marty Robbins and Hank Williams, shares an orbit with Dan Seals, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Lee and Chris LeDoux, went on to shape Holly Dunn, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels and Don Edwards. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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