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Patty Griffin

Folk
Folk

Patty Griffin is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Karen Dalton, Buddy Miller, Jack Ingram, Shawn Colvin and Bob Schneider. Those roots explain a lot about how Patty Griffin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lucinda Williams, Indigo Girls, Molly Tuttle, The Wailin' Jennys and Gretchen Peters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rory Block, Sugarland, Bette Midler, The Chicks and Linda Ronstadt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Patty Griffin, reaching back through Karen Dalton and forward to Rory Block. 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
Patty GriffinKaren DaltonBuddy MillerJack IngramShawn ColvinBob SchneiderGillian WelchNatalie MainesDar WilliamsRory BlockSugarlandBette MidlerThe ChicksLinda RonstadtBeth Nielsen ChapmanMary Chapin CarpenterJessica SimpsonLucinda WilliamsIndigo GirlsMolly TuttleThe Wailin' JennysGretchen PetersAlison Krauss & Unio…Emmylou HarrisRay LaMontagne

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Patty Griffin connections

Patty Griffin grew out of Karen Dalton, Buddy Miller, Jack Ingram and Shawn Colvin, shares an orbit with Lucinda Williams, Indigo Girls, Molly Tuttle and The Wailin' Jennys, went on to shape Rory Block, Sugarland, Bette Midler and The Chicks. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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