◇ image via WikipediaNorman Blake
Norman Blake is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John Hartford, The Carter Family, Carter Family, Jad Fair and Doc Watson. Those roots explain a lot about how Norman Blake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Hartford, The Dillards and Ola Belle Reed, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Robert Earl Keen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Norman Blake, reaching back through John Hartford and forward to Robert Earl Keen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Norman Blake connections
Norman Blake grew out of John Hartford, The Carter Family, Carter Family and Jad Fair, shares an orbit with John Hartford, The Dillards and Ola Belle Reed, went on to shape Robert Earl Keen. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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