◇ image via WikipediaNanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith is a Country and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Sandy Denny, Ivan, Borderline, John Stewart and Eric Taylor. Those roots explain a lot about how Nanci Griffith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lucinda Williams and Gretchen Peters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Molly Tuttle, Emmylou Harris, Brandy Clark, Shawn Colvin and Ashley MacIsaac, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Nanci Griffith, reaching back through Sandy Denny and forward to Molly Tuttle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Nanci Griffith connections
Nanci Griffith grew out of Sandy Denny, Ivan, Borderline and John Stewart, shares an orbit with Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Alison Krauss & Union Station and Lucinda Williams, went on to shape Molly Tuttle, Emmylou Harris, Brandy Clark and Shawn Colvin. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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